Were you aware that violence in the world is on the decline? Significantly? And that in 1946 there were fewer than 20 democracies and now there are close to 100? Or that the number of authoritarian countries has dropped from 90 in 1976 to about 25 now?
Read more about it at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/22/world-less-violent-stats_n_1026723.html I like the way it draws attention to and gives credit to all the efforts that are being made, every day all over the world, to strive for peace - good work which rarely makes the newspapers....
I've sent for the interestingly titled book by Steven Pinker The Better Angels of Our Nature:Why Violence Has Declined.
We live in Interesting times....
Read more about it at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/22/world-less-violent-stats_n_1026723.html I like the way it draws attention to and gives credit to all the efforts that are being made, every day all over the world, to strive for peace - good work which rarely makes the newspapers....
I've sent for the interestingly titled book by Steven Pinker The Better Angels of Our Nature:Why Violence Has Declined.
We live in Interesting times....
This little siskin crashed into the greenhouse yesterday and stunned itself. It lay recovering for long enough for me to get a good look at and a photograph of its beautiful markings before flying off, apparently none the worse.
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