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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Oct 2

    The global trend in violent crime is downward. Case study: How the World's Most Murderous Country Halved Its Killings in Five Years https://www.ozy.com/acumen/how-the-worlds-most-murderous-country-halved-its-killings-in-five-years/89430#.W7PRGpp2OxE.twitter … via @ozy

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      2. Tara McCarthy‏ @realitycalls8 Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        Up law enforcement and crack down on corruption and gang activity. Whoa, would never have guessed. The question is, do the countries with highest violent crime rates have the IQ resources to get the GDP to put these measures in place? Answer: probably not without outside help.

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      3. Tara McCarthy‏ @realitycalls8 Oct 2
        Replying to @realitycalls8 @sapinker @ozy

        And I don't see why we should pay taxes to fix their problems. Eugenics is the answer for these places. The only sustainable answer. And it's what got the West to where it is today. (Hanging of criminals.)

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      1. Peace‏ @AynRiedel98 Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        but you dont see @cnnbrk covering this news! this is great!

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      1. Roccam's Occam‏ @RoccamSoccam Oct 2
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        Running out of people to kill also works?

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      1. George Balella‏ @muirgeo Oct 2
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        All wine glasses are now half full!

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      1. ivo.vucina@gmail.com‏ @IVucina Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        I will appreciate some comments about issues presented. Underdeveloped countries are not prepare to face those urgent problems and will see severe economic problems.What to do?New Era is arriving

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      1. ivo.vucina@gmail.com‏ @IVucina Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        Other great problem is Destruction of Natural Resources and Changed in Climate. ; ; 2050 will be 15.000 millions of people; other: Democracy must be updated; A.I. -Robotic will change the way we are working/ living now. 2000 millions will be Olders

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      1. ivo.vucina@gmail.com‏ @IVucina Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        Being agree in some issues presented by mr Pinker& Gates, and knowing that mankind is living in an good time. But, it is a interval: we have great problems: our home planet face increasing life expectancy: year 2050; 97%=1 Disease.77%+2

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      1. Miguel De Miel‏ @Homgig Oct 2
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        They didn't mention regression to the mean.

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      1. OZY‏Verified account @ozy Oct 2
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        @sapinker Thanks for the tweet Prof. Pinker. Would you be interested in responding to this article with an op-ed for OZY? (Tracy Moran, deputy editor, tracy@ozy.com)

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      1. Peter Evans.‏ @PeterEvans33 Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        Gun control will halve USA’s gun-death rate within 5 years. It will still be 2.5 times the rate in Europe and Australia. It is the 21st century, America!

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      1. John A. MacDonald‏ @JohnAMacDonal20 Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        I saw the animated movie “Small Foot” at the theater on Sunday, and it was all about a clan of Bigfoot (Yeti) who lived in a society based on religious practices that were deliberately, fraudulently set up to keep the Yeti separated from humankind.

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      1. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        I noticed a conspicuous lack of mention of gun control in the article, implying that it's not a necessary component of crime reduction. I also noticed that the majority of the activities of the organized criminals are fueled by governments' prohibition of certain drugs.

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      1. Darwin's Witness‏ @WitnessDarwin Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        Please help my country spiralling into out of control violent crime. We are at 57 murders per day, population of about 55 million. We never get a good night’s rest, always up to check for attackers.

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      1. International Professors Project‏ @iProfessorsProj Oct 2
        Replying to @sapinker @ozy

        Thanks for very many good news stats in recent years, however several countries have been slip-sliding towsard autocracy - some bordering on fascism.

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