You may think the world is falling apart. Steven Pinker is here to tell you it isn’t. – Vox

You may think the world is falling apart. Steven Pinker is here to tell you it isn’t.

If you think this has felt like the summer of sadness, you are not alone. Every week, sometimes every day, seems to bring more stomach-turning news. In June, there was the Orlando nightclub shooting, where dozens were killed and injured in the deadliest terror attack in the US since 9/11.