Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

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Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

Post by klr » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:35 pm

... sometime in the next 50 minutes, discussing his new book The Better Angels Of Our Nature*, about the gradual decline in violence over history.

*Which I already have. :read:
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Re: Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

Post by anna09 » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:48 pm

I don't have BBC2 :sadcheer:



Someone better upload it to youtube! :lay:
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Re: Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

Post by klr » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:00 pm

anna09 wrote:I don't have BBC2 :sadcheer:



Someone better upload it to youtube! :lay:
As soon as I see it there, I'll post the link here :levi:
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Re: Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

Post by anna09 » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:05 pm

klr wrote:
anna09 wrote:I don't have BBC2 :sadcheer:



Someone better upload it to youtube! :lay:
As soon as I see it there, I'll post the link here :levi:
Thanks! :cheer:
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Re: Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

Post by Ian » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:08 pm

klr wrote:... sometime in the next 50 minutes, discussing his new book The Better Angels Of Our Nature*, about the gradual decline in violence over history.

*Which I already have. :read:
I want to read it! I heard the guy give an interview on NPR and it sounds fascinating.
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Re: Steven Pinker on BBC2 Newsnight

Post by klr » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:29 pm

anna09 wrote:
klr wrote:
anna09 wrote:I don't have BBC2 :sadcheer:



Someone better upload it to youtube! :lay:
As soon as I see it there, I'll post the link here :levi:
Thanks! :cheer:
It was only a short piece - less than 10 minutes long. But it was nothing like the sort of interviews you sometimes see on Fox. :hehe:
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