Steven Pinker is in the news again. Good news, too. Following on his The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (New York: Viking, 2011), he has updated the many graphs in the book showing that violence is on the decline across the globe. In spite of all the recent wars, some of which are still in progress, the number of people killed by year is scraping the bottom. The same holds for rape, sexual assault, and violence. Similarly, homosexuality is being decriminalized around the world. Historically speaking, we are living in the best of all times. As he puts it, we come to recognize the futility of violence and apply our collective ingenuity to reducing it. Nicely put, but I still wonder about the future. The data leading up to the Twentieth Century would show the same trend, only to be shattered by World War I and II. Similarly, the Twenty-First Century has barely begun. World War III is hardly far-fetched at this juncture on account of climate change and environmental degradation, which cannot but affect an ever-larger number of people. Most important, widespread famine is in the making. Given the explosion in human population, the death toll would be unprecedented, too. But enough. Let us rejoice with Pinker at this moment in history. Although his conclusions are too optimistic by half, his data offer much to be appreciated. As witnessed by both population explosion and the collapse in violence, we are living in the best of all times. No matter what happens next, we are the lucky ones for sure.