The decline of violence isn't a steady inclined plane from an original state of maximal and universal bloodshed. Technology, ideology, and social… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You're a nobody. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
