TED (2007) Steven Pinker parle du mythe de la violence

Steven Pinker montre la baisse de violence, depuis les temps bibliques jusqu’à nos jours, et soutient que, même si cela semble illogique voire obscène quand on pense à l’Iraq ou au Darfour, nous vivons dans l’époque la plus paisible depuis que notre espèce existe.

Linguist Steven Pinker questions the very nature of our thoughts — the way we use words, how we learn, and how we relate to others. In his best-selling books, he has brought sophisticated language analysis to bear on topics of wide general interest.

Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist and one of the world’s foremost writers on language, mind, and human nature. Currently Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Pinker has also taught at Stanford and MIT.