Prof. Steven Pinker of Harvard gave a thought-provoking talk at the Linda Hall Library here in KC. His thesis is counter-intuitive to anyone watching the 24hr news cycle: Prof. Pinker asserts that violence is actually on the decline and that decline is continuing into the 21st Century.

Do a search on YouTube for 'Steven Pinker' AND violence.

His book: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined is available at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Na...