I’m reading “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Pinker. 700pp trying to map out humanities path from barbarity to civilization, stable commerce, democracy, and relative peace. One whole chapter is devoted to improvements in personal and public hygene making us more co-operative, empathetic, and less murderous.
The National Plumbers Cors really will save redeem the world.
Ben Katchor’s picture-stories appear in Metropolis magazine. His most recent collection of monthly strips, Hand-Drying in America and other stories, was published in March 2013 by Pantheon Books. Up From the Stacks, his most recent music-theater collaboration with Mark Mulcahy, was commissioned in 2011 by the Cullman Center for Scholars and ... Continue reading »
I’m reading “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Pinker. 700pp trying to map out humanities path from barbarity to civilization, stable commerce, democracy, and relative peace. One whole chapter is devoted to improvements in personal and public hygene making us more co-operative, empathetic, and less murderous.
The National Plumbers Cors really will save redeem the world.