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zachary 's review for:
Humankind: A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
"Remember that cynicism is just another word for laziness. It's an excuse not to take responsibility. Because if you believe most people are rotten, you don't need to get worked up about injustice. The world is going to hell either way."
This is a very eye-opening book that argues that a cynical view of human nature, that we are all basically evil and only by living within society and following the law can we avoid falling to barbarism and chaos, is wrong. In fact, it's deliberately encouraged by those who seek to control us; if we're all too busy thinking the worst of our fellows, then we'll trust in the state or in other leaders to keep "order". By learning to trust one another and treat others not like us with compassion, by creating institutions that do not seek to punish our "wicked" nature but instead seek to encourage our positive nature, we can create a society that works better for us all.
This is a very eye-opening book that argues that a cynical view of human nature, that we are all basically evil and only by living within society and following the law can we avoid falling to barbarism and chaos, is wrong. In fact, it's deliberately encouraged by those who seek to control us; if we're all too busy thinking the worst of our fellows, then we'll trust in the state or in other leaders to keep "order". By learning to trust one another and treat others not like us with compassion, by creating institutions that do not seek to punish our "wicked" nature but instead seek to encourage our positive nature, we can create a society that works better for us all.