Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium

Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by coldtea on Thursday April 14, 2016 @05:01AM (#11495180)

>It's hard to escape the fact that, on average, our ethical circle has only expanded and not contracted. That animals should one day be inside this circle seems inevitable.

I'd say it has mostly changed with added hypocrisy. The 20th century saw more bloodshed (and from supposedly developed western countries) than any other century in history. And the 21st is off to a good start, sarcastically speaking.

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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by maroonblazer on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:00AM (#11496729)

Don't confuse a local maxima with a global minima. On the whole, across centuries, violence is in decline. Pinker wrote an entire book on this[0]

[0]http://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0...

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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by coldtea on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:03AM (#11496758)

>On the whole, across centuries, violence is in decline.

Have to read the book, but is it? Total numbers/percentages wise? I'm not so sold.

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