{"id":457,"date":"2022-09-14T01:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T22:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2022-09-14T02:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T23:01:55","slug":"the-surprising-decline-in-violence-steven-pinker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/?page_id=457","title":{"rendered":"The surprising decline in violence | Steven Pinker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The surprising decline in violence | Steven Pinker\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ramBFRt1Uzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Steven Pinker, linguist. March 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. <strong>Pre-watching task<\/strong>: working in pairs support the statement you agree<br>with:<br>\u2022 Today we are living in the most peaceful time in our species&#8217; existence.<br>\u2022 Modernity has brought us terrible violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. <strong>Comprehension questions:<\/strong><br>a) What are the topic and thesis of the talk given by the linguist Steven<br>Pinker?<br>b) How does Steven Pinker substantiate his thesis?<br>c) Why according to Steven Pinker do many people mistakenly believe that<br>violence has been on the increase?<br>d) What reasons does Steven Pinker find to explain the decline of violence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. <strong>Give the gist\/summary of the talk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IV. <strong>Expand on the following:<\/strong><br>\u25cf Everything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.<br>\u25cf No one ever attracted observers, advocates and donors by saying that things just seem to be getting better and better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Pinker, linguist. March 2007. I. Pre-watching task: working in pairs support the statement you agreewith:\u2022 Today we are living in the most peaceful time in our species&#8217; existence.\u2022 Modernity has brought us terrible violence. II. Comprehension questions:a) What are the topic and thesis of the talk given by the linguist StevenPinker?b) How does Steven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-457","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}