History and the Decline of Human Violence October 18, 2011 History and the Decline of Human Violence By the Editor on October 18, 2011 in Around_the_Web Steven Pinker’s latest work is called The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, and it combines science with history to conclude that, by many measures, we live in the best of times, not the worst. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailLinkedIn Tags:BIG Problems, War & Peace Share this article: 0