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In 800 meticulously argued and documented pages, Pinker shows that, over the course of history, there has been a dramatic decline in violence, both domestically and internationally – and that this downward trend is continuing through the post-Cold War years.

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But the more we learn about aging, the clearer it becomes that a sweeping downward course is grossly inaccurate.

I mean, you know, it was interesting, because I spent basically two years hanging out in this city, Dongguan, and over that time, you could see immense change in every person's life: upward, downward, sideways, but generally upward.

That last downward notch in the red line is not actual data.

The record is always trending downward, but it's punctuated by these steep cliffs.

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