From: "John Beamish" 

A few days ago, I made a reference to a piece that said, on a proportional
basis, we're less violent and killing less.  Can't find my original post
... but I did find the article.

First published in The New Republic, the article can be found here:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pinker07/pinker07_index.html

Or you can go to the original source and pay the subscription fee
https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20070319&s=pinker031907

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