. >> rose: steven pinker authored the better angels of our nature, why violence as declined. >> i think we have noives that lead us to greed, dominance, sadism. it's all with us but human nature has much more than those impulses becausimpulse because e control, a sense of fairness. those are what i called borrowing from lincoln, the better angels of our nature. this is very much a story of what has happened over the course of history that huh loud our angels to prevail. >> wilprevail. >> rose: wilson, kandel and pinker. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: e.o. wilson is one of the most distinguished scientists in the world. he's my favorite people. he joyeded the harvard faculty has an honorary curator. he's a two time recipient of thz calleoim prize. called him ter fthath of bio diversity. his book the social conquest of earth has the most fundamental questions. where did we come from, who are we and where are we going. thank you for coming. >> thank you, very much. >> rose: you said all new ideas because you do