...while people tend to be too optimistic about their own lives, they are too pessimistic about their societies. [E.g.] between 1992 and 2015, an era that criminologists call the Great American Crime Decline, a majority of Americans believed that crime was rising. #StevenPinker

- October 25, 2025

...while people tend to be too optimistic about their own lives, they are too pessimistic about their societies. [E.g.] between 1992 and 2015, an era that criminologists call the Great American Crime Decline, a majority of Americans believed that crime was rising. #StevenPinker
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...while people tend to be too optimistic about their own lives, they are too pessimistic about their societies. [E.g.] between 1992 and 2015, an era that criminologists call the Great American Crime Decline, a majority of Americans believed that crime was rising. #StevenPinker

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