Much of this is simply not the case or ignores the largescale other problems. It may help to read Steven Pinker’s book “The Better Angels of Our Nature” which makes clear how murder, and warfare (both large and small) were much more common historically.
I’ve read a summary. I’m mostly playing the devil’s advocate with this argument, to be honest. I have a habit of entertaining my far-type fears perhaps a touch more than they deserve.
Much of this is simply not the case or ignores the largescale other problems. It may help to read Steven Pinker’s book “The Better Angels of Our Nature” which makes clear how murder, and warfare (both large and small) were much more common historically.
I’ve read a summary. I’m mostly playing the devil’s advocate with this argument, to be honest. I have a habit of entertaining my far-type fears perhaps a touch more than they deserve.