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trimbo · 2012-05-17 · Original thread
> I believe that nowadays we live in even more cruel and lethal world than 50 years ago

Good news! You'd be wrong. The world is safer and more peaceful than it's ever been. This book presents the facts on it: http://www.amazon.com/Winning-War-Decline-Conflict-Worldwide...

The difference between then and now is that we have so much media to saturate our minds. It seems like it's worse.

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