{"id":6625,"date":"2012-09-11T07:06:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T11:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2012-08-27T11:45:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T15:45:55","slug":"ted-talk-steven-pinker-the-surprising-decline-in-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2012\/09\/11\/ted-talk-steven-pinker-the-surprising-decline-in-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"TED Talk: Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, not sure why I have not posted this one yet. In college, I was one of four students who showed up to the showing of a video of Pinker talking about his book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/835623.How_the_Mind_Works\"><em>How the Mind Works<\/em><\/a>. It reinforced for me Psychology was a good choice for me.<\/p>\n<p>So this talk on decline in violence seems appropriate for September 11th.<\/p>\n<p>If the below video does not work, then try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/en\/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html\">Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"526\" height=\"374\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2007\/Blank\/StevenPinker_2007-320k.mp4&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/StevenPinker-2007.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=512&amp;vh=288&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=163&amp;lang=en&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence;year=2007;theme=war_and_peace;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TED2007;tag=business;tag=culture;tag=global+issues;tag=media;tag=violence;tag=war;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"pluginspace\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, not sure why I have not posted this one yet. 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