tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post4507339956761819520..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: In Which Your Blogger Briefly Interrupts Pundits' Regularly Scheduled Cries of Alarm to Remind You that Things Have Been WorseRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-56231247222679129442016-02-10T07:29:23.743-08:002016-02-10T07:29:23.743-08:00A great front page story.
Desert Island Discs is o...A great front page story.<br />Desert Island Discs is one of my favorite podcasts. Last week Kirsty Young interviewed Bill Gates. Each guest is asked to name their 8 songs they'd like to have on a desert island, and then a book (after being given the Bible and the complete works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item. Gates' book is Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, which makes your very point ... it is getting safer and more humane (most) every decade. Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-31743551862528905182016-02-10T06:27:34.326-08:002016-02-10T06:27:34.326-08:00The first 15 years of the 21st century was likely ...The first 15 years of the 21st century was likely the "safest" in the history of human civilization, despite the one and only serious war that was started by the U.S. How's that for a front page story?Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.com