Humankind: A Hopeful History
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman
Philosophy & Religion
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Jan 26, 2022
Dr. Carl Clark chose to speak about Humankind: A Hopeful History in Denver Public Library's second Battle of the Books in January of 2022. "Occasionally, I read a book that makes me say, 'Wow, that book changed me!' This is that book for me." In it, Rutger Bregman rejects the assumption that humans are bad and motivated mostly by self-interest. He brings a new perspective that suggests we are hard-wired for kindness, more prone to cooperation than competition, more inclined to trust that to mistrust one another. "Bregman brings together several disciplines—psychology, history, politics, archaeology, and others—and concludes that humans are decidedly good. . . . Bregman does not ask us to be optimistic, but he does ask us to be hopeful, because hope compels us to act."
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Kim L.
Aug 2, 2024
I appreciate the author's perspective
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