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vulcan9110 's review for:
Humankind: A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman
I’ve just finished ‘Humankind’ by Rutger Bregman and I give it five stars. Humankind is a Sapiens-like book that focuses on the good natured behaviour of humans that is often missed and forgotten.
I found the references to popular theories and experiments like the Stanford Prison Experiment by Philip Zimbardo, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and The Broken Windows Fallacy by Wilson & Kelling most interesting.
I’m sure most readers of this review would have heard of those experiments or theories, and probably think it’s old news, but it’s the in-depth digging that Rutger has done to bring to light the flaws or truths of each that have developed over time - for the specifics, you will need to read the book.
Innately, most humans are kind and do kind things - most humans don’t want to hurt others, don’t want to pull triggers, don’t want to be far-right extremists, don’t want to see colours and nationalities and don’t want to re-offend. As Rutger delves into Stanley Milgrim’s Electric Shock experiment, you see most who do evil are doing so because they believe they’re doing good.
While it’s hard in the current state of the world, the more contact we have, the more understanding we will be.
I found the references to popular theories and experiments like the Stanford Prison Experiment by Philip Zimbardo, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and The Broken Windows Fallacy by Wilson & Kelling most interesting.
I’m sure most readers of this review would have heard of those experiments or theories, and probably think it’s old news, but it’s the in-depth digging that Rutger has done to bring to light the flaws or truths of each that have developed over time - for the specifics, you will need to read the book.
Innately, most humans are kind and do kind things - most humans don’t want to hurt others, don’t want to pull triggers, don’t want to be far-right extremists, don’t want to see colours and nationalities and don’t want to re-offend. As Rutger delves into Stanley Milgrim’s Electric Shock experiment, you see most who do evil are doing so because they believe they’re doing good.
While it’s hard in the current state of the world, the more contact we have, the more understanding we will be.