This week we're tackling Steven Pinker's 900 page dissection of the reasons why violence, torture and war have declined over the last 10,000 years. Was it an indeterminate mixture of politics, economics, technology and serendipity?  Or did so...

Full disclosure: sharing this not having listened to it yet; it is queued up.

EDIT: the first few minutes reveal that this is part 1, so stay tuned for part 2!

  • carlitoscohones@awful.systemsEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    I love this podcast. One of the hosts (Michael Hobbes) used to be on “you’re wrong about” which also dispelled common myths and misinformation. They look at bad science and epistemology in airport-type books, like Malcolm Gladwell or right wing nut jobs, etc.