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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
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Would make a wonderful motivational/persuasive speech, but I expect a little more academic rigor and less vague pop psychology from something that keeps billing itself as a "history" backed up by "all the scientific evidence".
The use of the "two wolves" story (vaguely cited as "a parable of unknown origin floating around the internet", but treated with great gravity) was, unfortunately, my DNF decision point.
The use of the "two wolves" story (vaguely cited as "a parable of unknown origin floating around the internet", but treated with great gravity) was, unfortunately, my DNF decision point.
Schon ganz "gut", aber eben auch extrem langatmig und super viele, sehr konkrete Beispiele. Bin leider mehrfach mental abgedriftet oder sogar eingeschlafen beim hören des Hörbücher.
This book is a non fiction book about how people are actually inherently good and kind. It was a really refreshing look at human nature. This book showed with evidence to back it up situation in which people have been good and helpful towards each other in situation you maybe wouldn't expect them too. It also showed how some famous psychology experiments and stories had been manipulated into making the results look like they supported the fact that humans are selfish and turn bad when given a chance when actually that is not the full story. It was interesting and worrying to see how the media and scientists had manipulated things to fit into their own ideas instead of what actually happened. There was a lot of interesting stories and examples. It made me think a lot and realise that people are better than we give ourselves credit for. I enjoyed reading about the early humanity the most and am interested to find out more about this. I would recommend this book even if you don't agree with the premise as it is one hell of a thought provoking read!
The perfect lockdown read, which couldn’t be better timed. The kindness we see around us right now proves Bregman’s point that humans are, at their core, overwhelmingly decent and Hobbes had it all wrong. There’s lots of research and examples to make his case and some of the most famous psychological experiments Such as the Standford Prison experiment (which has been contradicted since) are highlighted. An accessible and interesting read.
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This was my favorite read of the year and the my last read. I loved this book and I loved that someone took the time to write it. I felt this to my core and reading it came at a time after having truly cruel people make me more sad then I've ever been. But this book reminded me that most people are good. If I look at my life and the people I've met, I can say that most of them are good. There are definitely bad ones and I think some people are very selfish and greedy but overall most people are not and most people value connection. Changing my world view to see that most of us want to get along whether we have realized it our not makes me feel like I'm in a world that I'm okay living in. With the media spewing hate and lies literally non-stop and people believing that Trump is the answer its hard to remember that we all are in fact likely wanting the same thing. And we aren't all that different and those who are more eager to believe the issues are being caused by minorities likely haven't had exposure to those minorities. I think we need more togetherness, less isolation, and a chance to see that most people are good. Can we just get everyone to read this book at the same time? Thanks!
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The beginning and end were fantastic - middle was ehh. Definitely a book everyone should read, though.
Anyone need a little hope at the moment? How about learning that some of our deepest held beliefs about human nature are completely wrong, and based on faulty and deceptive science. Open your mind and have hope. We are a loving species, and love will win.