Steven Pinker thinks the world situation is getting better?

i think it may be indirectly linked to atheism, in that atheists usually don't start wars to spread atheism, nor do they sit in judgement of others' choices in life so long as the choices aren't pushed on them, and they tend to be more tolerant. i think it might have more to do with a growing acceptance of people's differences & fewer people insisting that they possess the 'absolute truth' and so anyone that believes differently is wrong & immoral. that attitude can be adopted by any person, not just atheists.