On: John Gray: Steven Pinker is wrong about violence and war

[comice]

Gray seems to approach his criticism of Pinker from pretty much the same pro-establishment viewpoint, and struggles to make clear the problems.

This 2012 article by by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson demolishes Pinker's book far better and with fewer words: http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/12/steven-pinker-on-the-alleg...

I doubt the Guardian will be rushing to publish it though. Gray is much safer.

[tim333 → comice]

Had a look. Meh. Moans about pinker not going on about the 1%'s economic violence against the 99%, ignores the facts that you're vastly less likely to die in war than was previously the case.