Humankind
A Hopeful History
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Narrated by:
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Thomas Judd
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Rutger Bregman
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By:
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Rutger Bregman
About this listen
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year
‘Hugely, highly and happily recommended’
Stephen Fry
‘You should read Humankind. You’ll learn a lot (I did) and you’ll have good reason to feel better about the human race’
Tim Harford
‘The book we need right now’
Daily Telegraph
'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective'
Yuval Noah Harari
It’s a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest.
Humankind makes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. The instinct to cooperate rather than compete, trust rather than distrust, has an evolutionary basis going right back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too.
In this major book, internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman takes some of the world’s most famous studies and events and reframes them, providing a new perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history. From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the Blitz, a Siberian fox farm to an infamous New York murder, Stanley Milgram’s Yale shock machine to the Stanford prison experiment, Bregman shows how believing in human kindness and altruism can be a new way to think – and act as the foundation for achieving true change in our society.
It is time for a new view of human nature.©2020 Rutger Bregman (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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- Ronald Poon
- 28-04-2021
INSPIRED BY OUR COLLECTIVE GENEROSITY
Motivated and moved to do more for humanity. To share this wisdom with others and to ‘be more realistic’ about Human Kind.
Absolutely fantastic book, well-researched, beautifully written and truly captivating.
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- Jammo
- 29-03-2021
Brilliant... Simply brilliant
This is an incredibly thought provoking piece of writing. Evidence based, thoughtful analysis and challenging of preconditioned concepts about who we are as humans... this is well worth the time investment. highly recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-05-2021
Interesting Read
Well written and narrated.
Interesting perspective.
Thought provoking. Insight into how humans behave in different circumstances.
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- Alex
- 17-04-2021
This book could change the world
This book has radically changed my outlook on the human race. It has given me, a self proclaimed cynic some hope for the future. Now we need everyone else to read/listen to it.
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- Francis Gallagher
- 03-06-2021
Know thyself - never look back
This book is truly inspirational. Reinforced many of my beliefs and gave me some scaffolding to hold those beliefs up high. I will never again be shy to do good, I’ll be proud and loud. Thank you Rutger.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-2021
Even better than Sapiens!
Loved this. If you want to believe people are good or if you wonder how evil happens or even if you just like a good well-researched myth-buster, you'll love this too.
Only flaw is, as a teacher, I think the short section on education is overly simplistic and situation specific. Otherwise, a both thought-provoking and entertaining listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-2020
amazing
so good
buy
won't regret 👍
seriously really good listen and learned so much and re-learend so much I thought I already knew. awesome
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- Anonymous User
- 14-07-2020
Allow yourself to be happy.
This is an extremely well researched and uplifting book on the nature of humanity which aims to debunk one of the most pervasive myths about humanity. That we're intrinsically bad and selfish. Listening to this will change how you view the world and how you live your life. It's kind of a big deal.
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- Timothy Roberts
- 30-03-2021
everyone should listen
everyone should listen to this.
it's factual, rewarding and fun.
we've been a little misguided over the years and this greatly helps to rectify it!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-03-2022
Positive and inspiring
Really enjoyed this book with some interesting historical anecdotes. Leaves me more positive about humans in general.
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