On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 06:28:20PM +0200, Bernd Jendrissek wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Noel Maersk <veox@???> wrote:
> > Only thing perhaps is a recent talk with a few friends on the nature
> > of authority, their argument being that power hierarchies is what
> > made humanity safer.
>
> This sentiment resonates with Steven Pinker's talk on "The surprising
> decline of violence".
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk

Ah yes, I've seen that one. Pinker is a nice speaker, quite meditative.

> > It makes me feel sad - I think now they were talking not about
> > "people in general", but themselves, perhaps unknowingly, perhaps in
> > a detached fashion.
>
> You're engaging in us-vs-them thinking here.

Eh, yes. "People on general" applies to everybody. I tried it on, and it
kind of fit. :/