Comments on: A comforting thought https://jonathanfield.com/blog/2007/09/a-comforting-thought/ Tue, 29 May 2018 20:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.13 By: jon_a_thon https://jonathanfield.com/blog/2007/09/a-comforting-thought/#comment-524 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:16:23 +0000 http://jonathanfield.com/blog/?p=165#comment-524 Hey, I like that. I’ve long had a feeling that what he is saying was true… that considering how much peace I experience wherever I go my perception (and perhaps the general perception) of a violent world is overblown. It’s not to diminish the tragedy that is very real, but rather to appreciate how far we’ve come.

Though my example of the laser pointer was a bit flip, in fact I think it is an odd representation that positive social change can happen without centralized force or education. People can actually figure out that something is stupid.

Anyways, thanks for the Pinker. I was unaware.

]]> By: langure https://jonathanfield.com/blog/2007/09/a-comforting-thought/#comment-523 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:13:22 +0000 http://jonathanfield.com/blog/?p=165#comment-523 sounds like you need a little pinker: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163

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