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Home > A History of Violence Edge Master Class 2011
Topic:
CULTURE

"I am going to speak about what may the most important thing that has ever happened in human history. Violence has declined by dramatic degrees all over the world in many spheres of behavior: genocide, war, human sacrifice, torture, slavery, and the treatment of racial minorities, women, children, and animals."

A History of Violence Edge Master Class 2011 [1]

"I am going to speak about what may the most important thing that has ever happened in human history. Violence has declined by dramatic degrees all over the world in many spheres of behavior: genocide, war, human sacrifice, torture, slavery, and the treatment of racial minorities, women, children, and animals."

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[1] http://www.edge.org/video/a-history-of-violence-edge-master-class-2011