Podcasts that mention 📚 The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker

so you again i want to go back to pinker yeah and the better angels of our nature the whole concept that civilization and the act of civilizing has dramatically reduced violence dramatically

The speaker refers to Pinker and his book about the decline of violence.

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the Steven Pinker written a great book that conflict all over the world is decreasing in general

The host mentions a book by Steven Pinker about the decrease in conflict.

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Well if you look at Steven Pinker he highlights is pretty nicely in better better angels of our nature where he talks about violence decreasing over time consistently

Pieter Abbeel mentions Steven Pinker and his book 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' as evidence for violence decreasing over time.

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5629 56:27 I can't help this 60 70 percent weren't on the negative side 5631 56:31 But I overcame my bias to some degree in order to include books by like Steven Pinker whom I hate like and stand his books 5631 56:36 But I read them sort of forced myself like our better angels you know 5641 56:41 Yeah 5646 56:46 and enlightenment now whatever

The guest mentions reading this book (or books including this title) by Steven Pinker to challenge his own biases.

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I'm familiar with the work; Better Angels of Our Nature, which I think preceded Enlightenment Now, right?

During the discussion, the host references Steven Pinker's book 'Better Angels of Our Nature', noting it as a related work to his subsequent publication, 'Enlightenment Now'.

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I think a great example comes from another one of your books called 'The Better Angels of Our Nature,' which argues that violence has greatly decreased over time, and that doesn't strike me as being a very funny topic. But your synopsis of the Old Testament in that book made me laugh so hard that I could barely breathe.

In this segment, podcast host Steve Levitt discusses another book by guest Steven Pinker, titled 'The Better Angels of Our Nature.' He highlights a particular observation from the book, noting that despite its serious focus on the decrease of violence over time, Pinker's synopsis of the Old Testament elicited a strong sense of humor from him.

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So, if we follow the reasoning by Steven Pinker in his book The Better Angels of Our Nature, he studied the likelihood of you dying before maturity, or dying before adulthood, which is dying, at the hands of another human from early days of tribal warfare to modern days of state-sanctioned global warfare.

Neil deGrasse Tyson references Steven Pinker and his book about the decline of violence.

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If you look at Pinker's work on violence over time, you see that societies were trending in a very positive direction, at least until 2020. This one change, just because it was one year, but that one year was just three years ago.

Joe Rogan discusses Steven Pinker's research on violence over time, highlighting that societies were improving up until 2020. He implicitly references Pinker's notable book, 'The Better Angels of Our Nature,' which addresses these themes.

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and I actually I think Pinker's got the best answer to this question which is basically well what structures do you need to put in place to make the world a safer and less violent place and and I don't know if you've talked to him about his book better angels of our nature I know you've talked to him about more recent ones but yes better angels is a great example It's a great book It's a great example of how we become less and less violent and even over our lifetimes and and part of that is undoubtedly better governance structure and all that

The guest mentions Steven Pinker and his book 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' in the context of discussing the decline of violence.

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Pinker's book about about violence and you know that throughout what the Western world the homicide rates did a u-turn in the 1960s

Sowell refers to Pinker's work on the history of violence trends, specifically mentioning the u-turn in homicide rates in the 1960s.

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and of course that was what led to my more recent book the better angels of our nature

Steven Pinker mentions his book 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' in the context of discussing the decline of violence.

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