TED: Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers - Steven Pinker
"Why don't people appreciate progress?"
steven-pinker
"Why don't people appreciate progress?"
Another really great Long Now talk - I'm definitely a believer!
"Problems are inevitable. Problems are solvable. Solutions create new problems."
A Long Now talk based on Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of Our Nature and the counter-intuitive fact that we're living in the least violent period of history.