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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Nov 2013

    Another graph on the global decline of civil war deaths: http://bit.ly/198YGvX  The drop in interstate war deaths iseven more extreme.

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      1. Jiri Kocica‏ @JiriKocica 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker there are other victims, which are quite numerous: victims of comunism. How about these victims?

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      1. Mr White‏ @f39pilot 10 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @HansRosling http://bit.ly/198YGvX  This is "combatant deaths":- doesn't that just illustrate the changing nature of civil wars?

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      1. dominic mckeever‏ @bockers56 10 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Most striking trend shown by graph is the lack of any real trend since 1950. I Must study actual numbers in more detail

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      1. olav andreas dahle‏ @laffen02 10 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker What about Rwanda 94?

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      1. Barry Wellman‏ @barrywellman 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @HansRosling We integrate much of this data in a single graph in @lraine & my Networked bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325258020&sr=1-1 …

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      1. Andreas Kyriacou‏ @andreaskyriacou 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Short-term forecast however doesn't look too promising, especially when looking at list of current conflicts.

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      1. Dali L. Yang 杨大利[力]‏ @Dali_Yang 9 Nov 2013
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        RT@sapinker: ...the global decline of civil war deaths: http://bit.ly/198YGvX  The drop in interstate war deaths iseven more extreme.

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      1. Neil Lyndon‏ @neillyndon 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker not "won't" but. "wrong". Curses on maddening wordfill.

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      1. Neil Lyndon‏ @neillyndon 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker surely figure for N. Ireland is won't? Total deaths exceeded 3000 by 1990 according to my (admittedly fallible) memory.

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      1. Michael Hogan‏ @michaelhogannui 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Cheers, Steve! The Better Angels of our Nature is a wonderful book.

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      1. John Ver-ray Scare-ray‏ @johnlray 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Might represent victory of repression. Governments might be getting better at preventing uprisings from happening at all.

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      1. pablo precios‏ @PabP54 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker You have changed my view of human nature with your book "better angels". Thank you. :-)

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      1. Tomb Megginson‏ @CreativeTweets 9 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Thank you. "Better Angels" fills me with optimism.

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