人性中的善良天使
The better angels of our nature
Steven Pinker · 初版 2011 年
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- 从宏观维度分析人类历史上暴力的显著下降
- 揭示恐惧心理是历史上多数暴力行为的主因
- 破除新闻焦虑并展现现代文明加速向好的趋势
来自 Goodreads：被 The New York Times Book Review 评选为年度值得关注图书。New York Times 畅销书 The Stuff of Thought 的作者带来了一部充满争议的暴力史。面对关于战争、犯罪和恐怖主义的铺天盖地的新闻，人们很容易认为我们正生活在一个前所未有的暴戾时代。然而，正如 New York Times 畅销书作家 Steven Pinker 在这部引人入胜的惊世新作中所阐明的那样，事实恰恰相反：数千年来暴力一直在持续减少，我们或许正生活在人类物种存在以来最和平的时代。因为
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……在人类历史的大部分时间里，“我最好在他杀我之前先干掉他”这种普遍心态（本质上是一种恐惧）一直是暴力的主要根源。而且那种暴力多得可怕（去读读平克的《人性中的善良天使》吧）。哪怕看起来无缘无故的暴力，背后也往往是这种恐惧在作祟。帮派头目本质上是在骑虎难下，必须不断制造恐惧才能保命。霍布斯……
…the general attitude of "I better kill him before he kills me" (a kind of fear) has been the dominant cause of violence for most of human history. And there was an awful lot of that violence (read The Better Angels of our Nature by Pinker). Even violence that seems gratuitous is often driven by this fear. A gang leader is essentially riding a tiger he can't let go of, and must constantly generate fear to stay alive. Hobbes…
斯蒂芬·平克的《人性中的善良天使：暴力为什么会减少》（Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined），比尔·盖茨称其为他一生中读过最重要的书之一。“人们总问我过去一年读过的最好的书是什么。斯蒂芬……
"Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined" by Steven Pinker Bill Gates calls it one of the most important books he's read in his life. "People often ask me what is the best book I’ve read in the last year. Steven…
斯蒂芬·平克的《人性中的善良天使》。这是一部暴力的宏观趋势史——战争、凶杀、强奸等等。现代世界所承受的暴力负担，比起历史上任何时期都要低得多得多，哪怕跟不算久远的过去比也是如此。……
The Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker. It's a history of macro trends in violence - wars, homicide, rape, etc. The burden of violence in the modern world is much, much lower than it was historically, even fairly recently.…
少看点“新闻”，去读读斯蒂芬·平克的《人性中的善良天使》吧：https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/... 世界不仅比以往任何时候都要好，而且变好的速度也比以往任何时候都要快，甚至还在加速。新闻反而越来越……
Step away from "news" and read Better Angels of our Nature by Stephen Pinker: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/... Not only is the world better than ever, it is getting better faster than ever, and it's accelerating. The news is getting…
……大量的社会化和文化习得过程。纵观历史，在大多数地方的大多数人，从来都不觉得外群体成员拥有权利或价值。斯蒂芬·平克的《人性中的善良天使》里有不少精彩片段，但我最喜欢的一处是他调侃理查德·道金斯，因为道金斯居然认为萨达姆·侯赛因是独一无二、特别邪恶的存在，值得单独研究。萨达姆的道德水平其实……
…great deal of socialisation and enculturation. Most people, in most places throughout history have not treated members of the outgroup as having rights or worth. There are some wonderful parts of The Better Angels of Our Nature, Steven Pinker, but one of my favourites was him taking the piss out of Richard Dawkins for thinking Saddam Hussein was uniquely and especially evil, worthy of individual study. Saddam's morality is vastly…
……对日本文化而言。那是因为从历史的角度看，在这方面我们比他们要奇葩（weird）得多。如果你想全面了解人类对待同类的暴力行径及其衰减历程，我推荐斯蒂芬·平克的《人性中的善良天使》。
…to Japanese culture. That's because in this respect we're a lot weirder than they are in historical perspective. If you want a good overview of man's violence towards man and it's decline I recommend Better Angels of Our Nature, Stephen Pinker.