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24 alternatives to The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker

A controversial history of violence.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Better Angels of Our Nature▲71
Why violence has declined
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined▲75
An amazing chronicle of how human beings can change.
2015 · stevenpinker.com · its alternatives →
3
Man V. Nature▲148
Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
The Book of Bad Arguments▲88
Beautifully illustrated and free to read online!
2014 · bookofbadarguments.com · its alternatives →
6
Youngblood▲71
The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
The Gift of Fear▲65
Survival Signals that Protect us from Violence
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
We Need Diverse Books▲87
Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives
2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
9
Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63
Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Moral Tribes▲56
Emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind▲38
A look into the 3 revolutions that shaped our species
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies▲77
Explains the roots of resistance to new technologies
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74
The blueprint of an abundant future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Angel Insights▲121
A podcast on what angels look for in startups
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
15
Herd▲66
How to change mass behaviour by harnessing our true nature
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk▲67
The backstory of the rise of Punk Music
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Chaos & Cyber Culture▲56
Timothy Leary's prescient cyberpunk manifesto from 1994
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning▲56
A new interpretation of Hitler's frightening worldview
2015 · bookshop.org · its alternatives →
19
Watchbird▲61
A warning about army drones and AI from 1953
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
20
Technopoly▲61
The surrender of culture to technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Dogfight▲61
How Apple and Google went to war and started a revolution
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Against the Gods▲62
The remarkable story of risk
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56
How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Technotopia▲96
A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.
2015 · publishizer.com · its alternatives →

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