E rucker bragman: We have this idea that humanity is cruel and mean to each other. You argue fundamentally that that's wrong. Or any other story. O from the lord of the flies is wrong. I m mas it. Lord of the rings, that story is also wrong, a of a. Let me o, you did talk about but let's, let's talk more about a, you know, as a historian, the long sweep of human history.
Is humanity innately good or bad? Historian and author Rutger Bregman joins Adam to discuss his decidedly optimistic answer to this question. They discuss research showing that people are more likely to help each other during national disasters, the true story behind Kitty Genovese, and how the real-life Lord of The Flies had a very different ending. You can find Rutger Bregman’s book, Humankind: A Hopeful History, wherever books are sold.
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