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  • The Better Angels of Our Nature

  • Why Violence Has Declined
  • Auteur(s): Steven Pinker
  • Narrateur(s): Arthur Morey
  • Durée: 36 h et 39 min
  • 4,6 out of 5 stars (167 évaluations)

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The Better Angels of Our Nature

Auteur(s): Steven Pinker
Narrateur(s): Arthur Morey
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“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this - the most inspiring book I've ever read." - Bill Gates (May, 2017)

Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year

The author of Enlightenment Now and The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence.

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, assassinations, programs, gruesome punishments, deadly quarrels, and genocide were ordinary features of life. But today, Pinker shows (with the help of more than a hundred graphs and maps) all these forms of violence have dwindled and are widely condemned. How has this happened?

This groundbreaking book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly nonviolent world. The key, he explains, is to understand our intrinsic motives - the inner demons that incline us toward violence and the better angels that steer us away - and how changing circumstances have allowed our better angels to prevail. Exploding fatalist myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious and provocative book is sure to be hotly debated in living rooms and the Pentagon alike, and will challenge and change the way we think about our society.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2011 by Steven Pinker. (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Better read than listened to

First this is really long and the subject matter quite dry. A problem with listening to it is as he lays out his research because you were listening to it you can't quickly check his facts. So unless you are willing to just accept everything he says at face value in which case you could probably not bother reading it , it's slow going. At any point when you want to check something that he says or one of the sources he quotes you have to rewind the audio and that just makes it difficult. There were at least two cases where he quoted something or relayed an anecdote which I knew were incorrect without looking them up so it made the rest of the book suspect to me.

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Best and most interesting book I have ever read.

This is my first time listening to the book after having read it once. I suggest reading the physical copy and taking your time to understand the relevence of the information in everyday life. Understanding why we behave the way we do helps you to control your impulsive responses and genuinely enjoy life more. So many interesting behavioural studies referenced. Unfortunately, I found the audio quality to be poor. Whenever he makes an 'S' sound it is piercing.

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Interesting take with significant blindspots

I enjoyed this book while I was listening to it and when I was done I wanted to learn more. I found of that Pinker misses huge chunks of research about co-operative early societies and the widespread presence of succesful symbiosis. If you read this book, check out Behave by Robert Sapolsky where he directly addresses the shortcomings.

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  • Dan
  • 2018-06-04

So damn long

Like at least one person has probably developed a hernia carrying the physical copy. Like you can probably burn through a dictionary in 36 hours. Like if you tried listening to this for 30mins a day at lunch it will take you a quarter of a year.

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Very well articulated and persuasive

This isn't a easy book to read, and it isn't for dreamy peace and love people. Readers must be prepared for hours upon hours of agonizing details about murder, rape, torture, war, genocide, sadism, and general human cruelty and suffering.

Pinker managed to convince me of most of his conclusions. He also helped me question some of my core assumptions about human nature and what should be done to make the world even safer to live in.

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You’ll gain a new appreciation of how good things are now

The past was a violent place and Steven Pinker does a thorough job explaining why it has declined through history.

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Insightful

This tome is a balm to the weary nerves of those of us to whom the twenty four hour news cycle has become the background music of our daily lives. While I don’t necessarily agree with every one of Pinker’s takes, this books overwhelming level of insight into our brutal past and promising present and future gave me hope. The seemingly dark times in which we live are not necessarily as dark s they seem… at least when taken as a whole.

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best book I ever read.

I was always told that there was nothing good about modern times and the great wars of the twentieth century prove it. I always felt that somehow this had to be wrong. Science and progress should bring real improvements.

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  • Hal
  • 2021-05-08

hard to listen

'CH' words are extremely sharp and too distracting to listen to. story line deems interesting, but hard to follow the speaker.

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incredible insight

this was a well researched book that uses evidence to provide an optimistic outlook. examples provided are reflected by the motivations of human beings. Pinker has written a book that can be listened to twice just because I'm sure I will find insights that may have been overlooked. some examples can be absolutely disgusting to hear, but need to be understood to know how far we have come.

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