Pinker's point ignores 3 things: - Jihadism is fat-tailed. A disease that only kills 6 Americans a year is not. - Jihadism only kills 6 Americans a year *because* the govt pays so much to stop it. - The threat of jihad increases with time due to proliferation of ideology & tech.https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/953100283764191232 …
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Total number of attacks is down slightly from previous year, but number of fatal attacks has gone up, as well as overall deadliness of attacks. Since 2011, number of overall attacks has been rising steadily, despite the distasteful brutality of IS being broadcast across the world
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