Kit Shipwrecked on an Island

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i spent a year trying to find out if real kit had ever been shipwrecked on an island. i managed to track down four of the boys, who are now 70 as old and they're still soul mates. And er, especially the captain who rescued them, he wonderful man named peter warner. Well, not really is any more a but they were 13 to 15 years old back then, and they survived for one and a half years on an uninhabited island. You can have freedom, but that's going to be a war of all against all. Or you can have security, but then you won't be able to make your own choices,. That's basically the

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.