# The surprising decline in violence

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2007
- Speaker: Steven Pinker
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_the_surprising_decline_in_violence)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.

## Lectures

1. [The surprising decline in violence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/steven_pinker_the_surprising_decline_in_violence/2f52fe09b4b2), 19 min (TED's player)