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EPISODE · Oct 14, 2024 · 50 MIN

Has violence declined?

from The Scientific Worldview

This episode features: -Were our ancestors cannibals? -Why did people engage in human sacrifice? -Is slavery still practiced today? -Do we work more than people of the past? -Is the world better than it used to be? -Were our hunter-gatherer ancestors peaceful? -The history of torture -The history of slavery -The history of infanticide -Is school bullying on the rise? -Has the world suicide rate been increasing? -Has our treatment of animals improved or gotten worse?

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Has violence declined?

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