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Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
4.0

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.