THE MIND REPORT - Paul Bloom and Steven Pinker (The Better Angels of Our Nature)

On last week's episode of The Mind Report, Yale University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science spoke with Harvard experimental psychologist Steven Pinker about Pinker's most recent book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.

THE MIND REPORT - Paul Bloom and Steven Pinker (The Better Angels of Our Nature)


Paul Bloom (Yale University) and Steven Pinker (Harvard University, The Better Angels of Our Nature)

Steven's book, "The Better Angels of Our Nature" 6:37

How immutable is human nature? 5:38

Why is America more violent than Europe? 4:18

The Mad Max question 8:02

Against empathy 6:52

Steven: To hell with dignity! 7:05 

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Recorded: Dec 1 Posted: Dec 8, 2012
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Steven's most recent book: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has DeclinedSteven on dignity