Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we're exposed to an infectious world.
Steven PinkerWith violence, as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.
Steven PinkerIt is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher.
Steven Pinker