{"id":6043,"date":"2012-03-21T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T11:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=6043"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:37:14","slug":"most-of-humanity-woke-up-had-a-normal-day-and-went-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=6043","title":{"rendered":"Most of humanity woke up, had a normal day and went to sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do read this post that I have in Google+.<\/a> It’s about humanity and how peaceful it is now compared to other times in our history. Concretely it’s about the declining rate of casualties of war and armed conflict over time since WWII. The rate of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants has been falling drastically. Then rejoice. Then read the comments and see the widespread skepticism about this good news. People just can’t believe that we are now living in remarkably peaceful times compared to what we have gone through. That the probability of a random human being of dying in war is lower than ever.<\/p>\n

Still I believe in this news. I am happy that my children do not go through what my grandparents went through living in the time of WWII. I guess that one of the characteristics that distinguishes entrepreneurs who do well, myself included, and the general population is that we are more prone to believe in good news. We love good news. We celebrate good news. Most people seem programmed to like and believe in bad news. I guess a headline that read “Most of humanity woke up today, had a normal day and went to sleep” would not get a lot of attention. But it makes me happy.<\/p>\n

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Do read this post that I have in Google+. It’s about humanity and how peaceful it is now compared to other times in our history. Concretely it’s about the declining rate of casualties of war and armed conflict over time since WWII. The rate of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants has been falling drastically. Then rejoice. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,10],"tags":[266,293],"class_list":["post-6043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-micro","category-mv","tag-human-being","tag-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t