Now, in the decade of Darfur and Iraq, a statement like that might seem somewhere between hallucinatory and obscene. But I'm going to try to convince you that that is the correct picture. The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years, although there seems to have been a tipping point at the onset of the Age of Reason in the sixteenth century. One sees it all over the world, although not homogeneously.
Darfuri ja Iraagi aastakümnel võib selline väide tunduda midagi hallutsinatsiooni ja rõveduse vahepealset. Aga ma proovin teid veenda, et see on õige pilt. Vägivalla langus on fraktaalne fenomen. Seda on näha aastatuhandete, sajandite, kümnendite ja aastate vältel, kuigi paistab, et murdepunkt oli Valgustusajastu alguses 16. sajandil. Seda on näha üle kogu maailma, kuigi mitte ühtlaselt.