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On 25 February 2015 at 18:11, Noel Maersk <veox@???> wrote:

> 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. :/
>
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