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Though fixated on threats, humans have never been better off, writes Scott Gilmore Scott Gilmore, December 31, 2014. Published in www.macleans.ca Tim Graham/Getty Images By almost every objective measure, 2014 was the safest, healthiest, happiest year in human history. But you probably refuse to believe that, don’t you? And that is actually a problem. First,…

Never mind the headlines. We’ve never lived in such peaceful times. By Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack. Published in www.state.com.   An explosion rocks the Syrian city of Kobane during a reported suicide car bombing by the Islamic State, as seen from the Turkey-Syria border, on Oct. 20, 2014. The small picture is very bad, but the…

Interview by Marianne Schnall, published in Huffington Post I can remember being absolutely hooked and engrossed into the surreal world of the cutting-edge television series Twin Peaks back in the ’90s. That was when series creator and director David Lynch became a household name and the show developed a massive and passionate cult following (which…

The second Summit of the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Community, known by its Spanish acronym CELAC, is focused on regional integration, the purpose behind its creation in 2011. And on its last morning, the heads of state or government signed a “zone of peace” accord, vowing to reject the use of arms and…

[Source: Think Progress Website] BY ZACK BEAUCHAMP ON DECEMBER 11, 2013 AT 3:34 PM Between the brutal civil war in Syria, the government shutdown and all of the deadly dysfunction it represents, the NSA spying revelations, and massive inequality, it’d be easy to for you to enter 2014 thinking the last year has been…