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24 alternatives to The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

An amazing chronicle of how human beings can change.

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: Why Violence Has Declined 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 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Gift of Fear▲65

   Survival Signals that Protect us from Violence

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker

   A controversial history of violence.

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Resilience ▲55

   Why things bounce back

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Rebel Way▲77

   More than a book. A movement to change your future.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Seeds of Change▲65

   How nature, respect, and education help change the world

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Excellence Habit▲64

   How small changes in our mindset can make a big difference

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74

    The blueprint of an abundant future

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Herd▲66

    How to change mass behaviour by harnessing our true nature

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Moral Tribes▲56

    Emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Lost Art of Finding Our Way▲78

    Brings our own world into sharper view

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Youngblood▲71

    The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Moral Landscape▲64

    How science can determine human values.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Conundrum▲53

    A mind-changing manifesto about the environment.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Reality is Broken▲60

    Why games make us better and how they can change the world

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Reality is Broken▲65

    Why Games Make Us Better & How They Can Change the World

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Road Less Traveled▲58

    Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human▲63

    A unified theory about why storytelling evolved

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Art of Happiness▲65

    A handbook for living

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Happiness Trap▲63

    How to stop struggling and start living

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us▲63

    Our minds don’t work the way we think they do.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Be the Change▲53

    Saving the world with citizen science

    2015 · its alternatives →

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