From survival of the friendliest, we’ve now gone to survival of the shameless, says historian Rutger Bregman

From survival of the friendliest, we’ve now gone to survival of the shameless, says historian Rutger Bregman

Sorry, cynics. Turns out your worldview isn’t cool anymore. Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s new book ‘Humankind: A Hopeful History’ proposes the radical idea that most people are decent. The 32-year-old hope-peddler — whose research has given ‘Sapiens’ author Yuval Noah Harari “a new perspective on humanity” — talks Sharmila Ganesan Ram into trying optimism by comparing “Homo puppies” with not-so-friendly animals
You say most people are decent. Have you not heard of Twitter?
(Laughs) But you have to remember that the algorithm of Twitter pushes outrage. So, the things that seem nasty get pushed to the top […]

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