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The History of Violence: From the Stone Age to the Present Day (S1 EP19)

The Life Of The Mind by Steven Pinker

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How Did the Miracles of Human Nature Take Place?

The decline of violence against racial minorities, such as the decline of slavery and lynching. The children's rights revolution, the decline of corporal punishment like spanking and child abuse have come down. Even the decline of violenceagainst gay people is beginning on an animal rights revolution where cruelty to animals is in decline.

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