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Steven Pinker

“Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh the expected costs.”

Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
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