http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163 "We live in violent times, an era of heightened warfare, genocide

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163 "We live in violent times, an era of heightened warfare, genocide and senseless crime. Or so we've come to believe. Pinker charts a history of violence from Biblical times through the present, and says modern society has a little less to feel guilty about.".. i'd bet better communication between peoples does reduce violence.