Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.
Steven Pinker
Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent.
If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you... →
Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more... →
By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful... →
In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them.
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
Plato
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same... →
George Plimpton