#Things to consider

  1. Historians study the past not in order to repeat it, but in order to be liberated from it.
  2. For the first time in history, more people die today from eating too much than from eating too little.
  3. More people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals combined.
  4. In most areas wars became rarer than ever. Whereas in ancient agricultural societies human violence caused about 15 per cent of all deaths.
  5. During the 20th century violence caused only 5 per cent of deaths, and in the early 21st century it is responsible for about 1 per cent of global mortality.