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Some clues :

Douglas P. Fry : Pacified Past
Azar Gat : Warfare as an Ancient Feature
Robert L. Carneiro : Complexity and State Formation

Was the 20th century one of the most violent in human history ? (with two world wars and numerous other conflicts) ?

i also like the documentary series : "The Ascent of man" from the BBC in 1973 by Jacob Bronowski.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As a species we have always made war on each other. Our ancestal species also most likely did. Our closest living genus also frequently raids other tribes.

It is a part of who we are. However, like xenophobia it is something we can work to minimise with the goal to eradicating one day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Your answer here is the best one so far for me. Are chimpanzees some of those frequently raiding other groups (tribes) ?

Better education will always be a major part of the solution ... but i don't think education alone will be sufficient to make us good.

Like 99% of people you will (probably) disagree with me on the following, but eventually (in 50 years ?), i believe that many people will volunteer to have genetic therapy to decrease their aggressivity and that of their descendants.

We have to change in a fundamental way since we are still waging wars while climate change will likely kill a majority of us in the next few decades.