De meeste mensen deugen: een nieuwe geschiedenis van de mens
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- Author：Rutger Bregman
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Summary
De mens is een beest， zeiden de koningen。 Een zondaar， zeiden de priesters。 Een egoïst， zeiden de boekhouders。 Al eeuwen is de westerse cultuur doordrongen van het geloof in de verdorvenheid van de mens。
Maar wat als we het al die tijd mis hadden？
In dit boek verweeft Rutger Bregman de jongste inzichten uit de psychologie， de economie， de biologie en de archeologie。 Hij neemt ons mee op een reis door de geschiedenis en geeft nieuwe antwoorden op oude vragen。 Waarom veroverde juist onze soort de aarde？ Hoe verklaren we onze grootste misdaden？ En zijn we diep vanbinnen geneigd tot het goede of het kwade？
Adembenemend， weids en revolutionair – De meeste mensen deugen herschrijft niet alleen de geschiedenis， maar werpt ook nieuw licht op onze toekomst。
Maar wat als we het al die tijd mis hadden？
In dit boek verweeft Rutger Bregman de jongste inzichten uit de psychologie， de economie， de biologie en de archeologie。 Hij neemt ons mee op een reis door de geschiedenis en geeft nieuwe antwoorden op oude vragen。 Waarom veroverde juist onze soort de aarde？ Hoe verklaren we onze grootste misdaden？ En zijn we diep vanbinnen geneigd tot het goede of het kwade？
Adembenemend， weids en revolutionair – De meeste mensen deugen herschrijft niet alleen de geschiedenis， maar werpt ook nieuw licht op onze toekomst。
Reviews
Hedde
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Mijn favoriet voor 2021， ik zou graag willen dat iedereen dit leest！ :-）
Cody
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I really like this book and I hope that its correct。 It challenged most of what I've ever learned about human nature， but it fits with my gut level assumptions that most people are ultimately good。 I look forward to seeing where this line of reasoning goes in the future。 I really like this book and I hope that its correct。 It challenged most of what I've ever learned about human nature， but it fits with my gut level assumptions that most people are ultimately good。 I look forward to seeing where this line of reasoning goes in the future。 。。。more
David
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A great book that can change one’s perception of humanity。 It goes well together with Steven Pinker’s “The Better Angels of our Nature”。However， I disagree with the author’s off-handed dismissal of introspection。 Without introspection， we lack the self-criticism required to improve as individuals （which in turn leads to a better society）。
Mohy_p
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خیلی دودل بودم برای خرید این کتاب نظرهای خیلی خوبی دربارش تو گودریدز نبود اما ایده کتاب خیلی جالب و مطابق سلیقه ام بنظر میامد آخر خریدمش و چه انتخاب خوبی بودواقعا خوندنش رو پیشنهاد می کنم کتاب پر از روایت های انسانی هست که چون هیجان کمتری داشتند به نسبت روایت رسانه ها هیچ وقت نشنیدمشون پر از دلیل برای رد نظرات منفی درباره سرشت انسانه که هر دفعه میگفتم «نه دیگه سر این موضوع نمیتونی قانعم کنی آقای برخمان» اما تمام شدن بخش همانا و پیدا کردن خودم در حالیکه قانع شدم همانا :）））اوایل کتاب بعد از خوندن خیلی دودل بودم برای خرید این کتاب نظرهای خیلی خوبی دربارش تو گودریدز نبود اما ایده کتاب خیلی جالب و مطابق سلیقه ام بنظر میامد آخر خریدمش و چه انتخاب خوبی بودواقعا خوندنش رو پیشنهاد می کنم کتاب پر از روایت های انسانی هست که چون هیجان کمتری داشتند به نسبت روایت رسانه ها هیچ وقت نشنیدمشون پر از دلیل برای رد نظرات منفی درباره سرشت انسانه که هر دفعه میگفتم «نه دیگه سر این موضوع نمیتونی قانعم کنی آقای برخمان» اما تمام شدن بخش همانا و پیدا کردن خودم در حالیکه قانع شدم همانا :）））اوایل کتاب بعد از خوندن هر بخش میگفتم درسته ولی خوب درباره آشویتس چی میگی ؟ این همه جنگ ؟ آیشمنی که یه میگن یه آدم عادیه ؟ و به طرز عجیبی به همه اون ها پرداخته بود و دلایل قانع کننده ای برای به وجود آمدن این اتفاقا آورده بود😂و این کتاب برای من خدایگان دیس کردن بود دیس به هانا آرنت ، دیس به ماکیاولی ، دیس به هراری ، دیس به سالار مگس ها ، دیس به آزمایش ماشین شوک و。。。نه دیس الکی ها بلکه از نوع قانع کنندهبا خوندن این کتاب میتونین خیلی مسائل رو از یک دید جدید ببینین ، دیدی متفاوت تر از همیشهاگر کتاب ارجاعات معتبر نداشت احتمالا بیشتر اتفاقایی که دربارشون حرف زده بود رو فکر میکردم داره داستان میگهدر پایان کتاب برای من کتابی شد پر از حاشیه نویسی و خط کشی ، که خوب یعنی خیلی باهاش ارتباط گرفتم و خیلی ازش یادگرفتم 。。。more
Will Smith
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A welcome change that looks at humanity thru a positive lens。 The book builds on insights from Sapiens so start there if you are reading。 Author provides sensible advice （turn off the news） but a few conclusions are extreme （communism isn’t too bad）。 Notes:Humans have evolved to collaborate and avoid conflict。 Most history focuses on events that suggest otherwise but the prevalence of these events are rare Media organization tap into negativity biases and tribalism to keep audiences engaged in o A welcome change that looks at humanity thru a positive lens。 The book builds on insights from Sapiens so start there if you are reading。 Author provides sensible advice （turn off the news） but a few conclusions are extreme （communism isn’t too bad）。 Notes:Humans have evolved to collaborate and avoid conflict。 Most history focuses on events that suggest otherwise but the prevalence of these events are rare Media organization tap into negativity biases and tribalism to keep audiences engaged in order to sell more advertising。 Most people would be better off avoiding the news and social media platforms。 Tech workers in the know won’t let their kids use social media。 。。。more
Kafkasfriend
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'even in the established democracies'Yes， right from the start， Bregman is showing is racist bigotry， the superiority of the west。As far a light entertainment goes， it is okay but it lacks rigor， any serious analysis or a detailed understanding of European global abuses。 He doesn't grasp the inherent racism of his Eurocentric argument or the functioning structural bigotry and paranoia of the white ruling classes。 He doesn't grasp or fully explain the abuses of the ruling groups in every country 'even in the established democracies'Yes， right from the start， Bregman is showing is racist bigotry， the superiority of the west。As far a light entertainment goes， it is okay but it lacks rigor， any serious analysis or a detailed understanding of European global abuses。 He doesn't grasp the inherent racism of his Eurocentric argument or the functioning structural bigotry and paranoia of the white ruling classes。 He doesn't grasp or fully explain the abuses of the ruling groups in every country or how they control through hatred and division despite this being well documented in imperialist literature 。。。more
Bahaa Hamoud
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This is a really outstanding work by Bregman。 This book had actually the affect of changing the way I look at other fellow humans around me in every day life。For me was the take-home message from this book not whether humans are in innately good or evil but that humans are incredibly susceptible to being manipulated。 For if you take a serious look around you， you cannot help but see that we， In reality， continue making rash decisions guided through stereotypes， suspicion and ignorance on daily b This is a really outstanding work by Bregman。 This book had actually the affect of changing the way I look at other fellow humans around me in every day life。For me was the take-home message from this book not whether humans are in innately good or evil but that humans are incredibly susceptible to being manipulated。 For if you take a serious look around you， you cannot help but see that we， In reality， continue making rash decisions guided through stereotypes， suspicion and ignorance on daily basis。 And the big question is who is responsible for these stereotypes？Has the Majority of human beings ，and for the most of our history， been manipulated by the evil few？I summarized the key points of each chapter of this book for all for me to come back to later。 You can go ahead and read this if you don’t plan on reading the book or maybe if you like the following points you can get enticed to grab this book and read it。Part 1:A new realism: Here Bregman discusses *the veneer theory* in that which he expresses that our negative look at human nature is a self fulfilling prophecy（ the nocebo effect）。 The veneer theory says that our true animalism is covered by a thin layer of civilization and that this layer melts at the first true crisis we encounter。Because of selective reporting and because of our negativity bias we tend to concentrate on the negative and forgo the positive。Has The mean world syndrome: cynicism misanthropy and pessimism ， become the new reality？In the next chapter he presents the theory of Thomas Hobbes : the war of all against all ， for we humans are just wicked creatures （give us power or all is lost） and the theory of John Jacque Rosseau: We are kind hearted creatures（ give us liberty we’re all is lost）。Bregman sets in the next chapter on an evolutionary Journey summarizing the rise of Homo sapiens。 Here he begins to show anthropological evidence that before the agricultural revolution there is no conceivable evidence of war and moves on to the next question: is civilization a curse？With the advent of farming and settlements we developed the notion of private property。 This ，argues Bregman，was the initial cause of violence in Homo sapiens。 The notion of private property and the development of agriculture lead to increase in the number of people in the settlements and to the rise of the state。The rise of the state is what the French philosopher John Jacque Rousseau lamented。 For all states throughout the revolutionary history were mainly built on slavery。Bregman presents In the last chapter of part one The story of Easter island ， which shows the malevolence of distorted history in the formation of our look on human nature。Part 2Bregman moves on in this part to display some of the most influential psychological experiments in the 20th century and begins with the Stanford basement experiment in 1971 led by Zimbardo。 After presenting the famous experiment in it’s known form（A group of students who played the role of prisoners versus a group of students who played the role of prison guards and the sadism that irrupts in the students playing the role of prison guards）， Bregman tries to show， with facts， that the transformation of the prisoners was mostly through manipulation of Zimbardo（For example The guards were instructed to take certain measures and some of them were tempted by money to be obedient ）。Next he moves on to the infamous Milgram study from 1961 and shows ，with facts， that the results were mainly through manipulation rather than through submitting to Authority as claimed by Milgram。Here the manipulation was the conviction of many participants that they are doing good and that they are helping science in helping the study of Milgram。So here comes the big question: are we humans tempted by evil masquerading as good ？To put the question in a clearer form: were the Nazis doing evil because they were evil or were they doing evil because they were convinced they were doing good （ideological brainwashing）And what about the bystander effect？Bregman Goes on and debunks the negative bystander effect through stating real life events that were improved or rescued through bystanders ， hence what Bregman calls （the inverse bystander effect）Part 3Did the agricultural revolution take us out of our natural habitat as hunter gatherers and through us in an atmosphere of settlements then cities and states that are not comfortable with our nature？With this fat Bregman talks about *the great mismatch* of Homo sapiens。In further passages he discusses the idea of empathy and sheds light on the *spotlight of empathy * for we are designed by nature to empathize with a very limited amount of people ， hence our inborn xenophobia， like Bregman puts it: we are born with a button for tribalism in our brains（we like people who are similar to us and we can focus our emotions on a very few number of people）Was empathy the main reason great armies fought so bravely？（ Kameradshaft） According to recent studies power leads to an acquired sociopathy（ documented in 4 to 8% of CEOs）We began in small settlements after the agricultural revolution then developed cities and states， as we began to increase rapidly we needed myths， stories and Hence religions to enable us to cooperate with one another and build civilizations。So here comes the big question: have we been operating on a faulty understanding of human nature that became A reality as a self for fulfilling prophecy ， and if so is it not time that we start viewing human nature from another positive perspective in our schools， businesses， cities and nations？Part 4Here I will mention some concepts or idioms mentioned in this partThe will to doubt versus the will to believe。The pygmalion effect: Believe in positively in someone will make them perform better。Pluralistic ignorance: The willingness to conform with the group even in doing wrong in order to avoid confrontation。The extrinsic incentive Bias: thinking that humans are only motivated by rewards or by a fear of punishment and forgetting about the happiness of fulfillment and of the intrinsic motivation。Homo Ludens: in this chapter Bregman discusses the importance of unstructured education and importance of play for children and the big role they play in the development of intrinsic motivation and creativity。Part 5in this part Bergman discusses the solution: here he introduces us to the non-complementary behavior or what I like to call the Spenoza approach。In summary it is in take an effort to understanding peoples‘ actions and behaviors and not just judging them through prejudice and stereotypes。If we make peace with the fact that we are tribal beings that like beings who are like us who speak the same language ， who come from the same region， who have the same culture is the first step towards recognizing that the lack of contact with other people and thus the easiness of jumping to conclusions about them is the main problem。Here is a good quote of mark twain : travel is fatal to prejudice， bigotry and narrow-mindness 。And don’t forget that tribalism leads to irrational conclusions such as immigrants are stealing our jobs， the same immigrants are too lazy to work。Understanding the other at a rational level is a skill， it’s a muscle you can train and having faith in others is as much a rational decision as an emotional 。。。more
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فاصله‌ی بین یه کتاب خوب با کتاب زرد در چنین موضوعی یه نکته‌ی خیلی اساسی و اثرگذاره و اون استناد به واقعیات یا توهماته。 و درمورد این کتاب ما با یه کتاب خوب و مهم طرفیم که ریشه‌ی تمامی ادعاها و مطالب اصلیش بر واقعیت استواره。 خیلی جاها دیدم و خواندم که خیلی‌ها به این کتاب انگ زرد و سطحی‌بودن زده بودن یا بابت خرید و مطالعه‌اش بخاطر همین اتهامات مُردد هستن؛ در ادامه به دلیلش می‌پردازم。。از وقتی که یادمه مدام یه نکته توسط مردم، رسانه‌ها، سینما، ادبیات و هرچیزی که قابلیت انتقال محتوا رو داشته باشه بهم گ فاصله‌ی بین یه کتاب خوب با کتاب زرد در چنین موضوعی یه نکته‌ی خیلی اساسی و اثرگذاره و اون استناد به واقعیات یا توهماته。 و درمورد این کتاب ما با یه کتاب خوب و مهم طرفیم که ریشه‌ی تمامی ادعاها و مطالب اصلیش بر واقعیت استواره。 خیلی جاها دیدم و خواندم که خیلی‌ها به این کتاب انگ زرد و سطحی‌بودن زده بودن یا بابت خرید و مطالعه‌اش بخاطر همین اتهامات مُردد هستن؛ در ادامه به دلیلش می‌پردازم。。از وقتی که یادمه مدام یه نکته توسط مردم، رسانه‌ها، سینما، ادبیات و هرچیزی که قابلیت انتقال محتوا رو داشته باشه بهم گوش‌زد شده و اون ذاتِ شر انسانه که موجب خودخواهی، بی‌اعتمادی و سوءظن به بقیه‌ی آدم‌ها می‌شه。 اینکه همیشه و همه‌جا باید مواظب بقیه باشی که سرت کلاه نره و سلام گرگ بی‌طمع نیست و ذات انسان‌ها تو شرایط سخت جلوه‌گر می‌شه و نباید زود به بقیه اعتماد کرد و این قبیل مثال‌ها که قطعاً شما هم چندتاشو تو ذهنتون دارید。 پایه و اساس همه‌شون بر شروربودن ذات بقیه و عدم اعتماد به آدم‌هاست。 تا قبل از خواندن این کتاب هم تا حد خیلی زیادی قبولش داشتم، چون چیزی جز این بهم گفته نشده بود。 ولی این کتاب حرف و نگاه جدیدی به ذات انسان‌ها داشت که تمامی شنیده‌ها و خوانده‌های سابقم در این موضوع رو به چالش کشید。 کتابی که میاد با استناد به وقایع تاریخی، آزمایش‌ها و پژوهش‌های علمی خلاف این ادعاها رو ثابت می‌کنه و به ما یادآوری می‌کنه چی بودیم و طی این چند هزار سال چه اتفاقاتی افتاد که انقدر نسبت به خودمون و بقیه، نسبت به انسانیت انقدر بدبین شدیم。 。نویسنده برای رسیدن به این هدف به فجایع تاریخی، اتفاقات مهم سیاسی و اجتماعی، آزمایش و پژوهش‌های روانشناسی و خیلی وقایع دیگه می‌پردازه که باورش واسه‌تون سخته که آیا واقعاً انسان‌ها تو اون شرایط چنین واکنش‌های خوبی داشتن؟！ حتماً داره چرت می‌گه و این یه توهمه！ ولی خب وقایعی هستن که اتفاق افتادن و واسه همه‌شون ارجاع تاریخی و علمی وجود داره。 。ولی چی می‌شه که انقدر باور چنین وقایعی واسه‌مون دشواره؟！ پاسخش ساده‌ست。 تاثیر رسانه‌های تصویری و مکتوبی که نون و شهرتشون در پرداختن به شروربودن ذات انسان‌هاست。 در اینکه انسان‌ها رو با گزینش محتوا و اخبار خاص نسبت به هم بدبین کنن。 طوری که الان خبر یه فاجعه‌ی مرگبار غیراخلاقی یا تجاوز و قتل‌های وحشیانه برای مردم جذاب‌تر به‌نظر برسه。 ما مدام توسط رسانه‌ها و اطرافیانمون بمب‌باران خبری و محتوایی سیاه می‌شیم و از بدو تولد بهمون نسبت به بدی، شرارت و بی‌رحمی غریبه‌ها هشدار داده می‌شه و این بمب‌باران ذات انسانیمون رو متلاشی کرده؛ این بدبینی وارد نگاه و رویکرد اخلاقی و رفتاریمون نسبت به جامعه شده و پیش‌فرض اکثر ما در رابطه با بقیه منفی و غیرقابل اعتماده。 و دقیقاً همین تلقیین‌ها و بمب‌باران‌های مستمر باعث بدبینی خیلی‌ها نسبت به این کتاب و محتواش شده。 طوری که اصلاً نمی‌تونن بپذیرن که ذات انسان‌ها چقدر خوب و قابل اعتماد بوده。 درواقع ما خودمون با اثری که از رسانه‌ها و مردم می‌گیریم داریم انسانیتمون رو قربانی می‌کنیم و این بزرگ‌ترین خیانت بشریت در حق خودش و آینده‌ی جهانه！ این کتاب نه‌تنها زرد نیست، بلکه اونقدر مهمه که هرچقدر تعداد افراد بیشتری مطالعه‌اش کنن اثری که می‌خواد بذاره و هدف بزرگی که داره می‌تونه بیشتر بشه。 لطفاً تحت تاثیر جَو کاذب و اشتباهی که حول این کتاب شکل گرفته قرار نگیرید و این کتاب رو بخوانید و به بقیه هم توصیه کنید بخوانن。 این کتاب زاویه‌ی دید جدیدی به انسانیت و تاریخ انسانیت بهتون می‌ده که نه توهمه و نه خوش‌خیالی کاذب، بلکه خود واقعیته که قرن‌هاست سعی شده سیاه و آلوده بشه؛ ولی هیچوقت برای برگشت به حقیقت و بازنگری در نوع نگاهمون به ذات انسان دیر نیست و این کتاب بهترین بهانه برای شروع این مسیره。。من واقعاً از سادگی و روان‌بودن نثر کتاب لذت بردم که قطعاً ترجمه‌ی خوب در این تجربه دخیل بوده。 از ترجمه‌ی نشر نو اطلاعی ندارم، ولی توصیه‌ی من همین ترجمه‌ست。 。。。more
Kees
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Interessant boek。 Zit wel wat herhaling in。
Trevor Price
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A pretty persuasive argument that human beings are by and large pro-social， decent people and always have been， since the beginning。Bregman paints targets on the likes of Steven Pinker and Malcom Gladwell， individuals who've popularized certain perceptions of human nature that don't hold up to scrutiny。 He revisits the infamous Stanford prison and Milgram experiments and tells us how follow-up research debunks much of the pessimistic takeaways that such incidents initially spawned。If Bregman's a A pretty persuasive argument that human beings are by and large pro-social， decent people and always have been， since the beginning。Bregman paints targets on the likes of Steven Pinker and Malcom Gladwell， individuals who've popularized certain perceptions of human nature that don't hold up to scrutiny。 He revisits the infamous Stanford prison and Milgram experiments and tells us how follow-up research debunks much of the pessimistic takeaways that such incidents initially spawned。If Bregman's argument is true， it means many of our institutions and laws are a poor fit for human nature。 Very important implications。Bregman's an actual historian， so I trust his analysis when it comes to history over Pinker （a linguist） and Gladwell （a pop journalist）。 But I do want to look into how well received this book is by other historians。 。。。more
Amanda
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As with “Utopia for realists”， this Rutger Bregman book also left me much to ponder and think about。 Surely， there are evil deeds， but are there really evil people？ I am not too certain。Bregman’s argument for this book can be summed up very easily: “There is a persistent myth that by their very nature humans are selfish， aggressive and quick to panic。 It’s what Dutch biologist Frans de Waal likes to call veneer theory : the notion that civilisation is nothing more than a thin veneer that will cr As with “Utopia for realists”， this Rutger Bregman book also left me much to ponder and think about。 Surely， there are evil deeds， but are there really evil people？ I am not too certain。Bregman’s argument for this book can be summed up very easily: “There is a persistent myth that by their very nature humans are selfish， aggressive and quick to panic。 It’s what Dutch biologist Frans de Waal likes to call veneer theory : the notion that civilisation is nothing more than a thin veneer that will crack at the merest provocation。 In actuality， the opposite is true。 It’s when crisis hits–when the bombs fall or the floodwaters rise–that we humans become our best selves。”I don’t necessarily dispute that is the case for most people， but then there are also those few who crumple in the face of difficulties and challenge。 Are we not going to account for them？ 。。。more
Aliyeh Ansarian
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چه بگویم که انسان حتی به خودش هم رحم نکردتمام تلاشش را کرد تا خودش را بی رحم و غیر قابل اعتماد نشان دهدچه داشنمدانی که تلاش کردند نتیجه آزمایشان را تغییر دهند آزمایش هایی که نشان میداد انسانی که ما می شناسیم بی رحم نیست و جسمی که از روح و جان مادری بوجود می آید بی آزار ترین موجود جهان است اما ما انسان ها برای جلب توجه دیگران دست به چه کارهایی که نمی زنیم دستکاری در آزمایش های انجام شده دروغی است که می تواند جهان علم را برای سالیان طولانی از مسیر اصلی منحرف کند اما دانشمندان از عواقب ان نمی ترسید چه بگویم که انسان حتی به خودش هم رحم نکردتمام تلاشش را کرد تا خودش را بی رحم و غیر قابل اعتماد نشان دهدچه داشنمدانی که تلاش کردند نتیجه آزمایشان را تغییر دهند آزمایش هایی که نشان میداد انسانی که ما می شناسیم بی رحم نیست و جسمی که از روح و جان مادری بوجود می آید بی آزار ترین موجود جهان است اما ما انسان ها برای جلب توجه دیگران دست به چه کارهایی که نمی زنیم دستکاری در آزمایش های انجام شده دروغی است که می تواند جهان علم را برای سالیان طولانی از مسیر اصلی منحرف کند اما دانشمندان از عواقب ان نمی ترسیدند شاید تشنه توجه بودند یا نمیدانم اما این خطایی نابخشودنیستحال انکه پژوهشگران دست به دست هم دادند و پرده از راز ها و سیاست های دنیای علم برافراشته اند و دستاوردهای انان بسی ستودنی و خواندنیستشاید این کتاب در یک نظر برای کسانی مناسب باشد که میخواهند خواب بر چشمانشان بیاید اما گاهی این کتاب با اشکار کردن از برخی حقایق خواب را هم از چشمانتان میگیرداگر به کتاب هایی علمی و تحقیقاتی و صد البته فلسفی و سیاسی علاقه دارین میتونم بگم که این کتاب بهترین انتخابه اصلا نگران نباشین این کتاب فقط تو فصل اول درمورد اثرات اخبار حرف زده ولی موضوع کلی کتاب درباره شناخت شخصیت واقعیت انسانه انسانی که تشنه محبت و دوستی و دلسوزی است اما اخبار و تیتر روزنامه ها و گاها چغلی کردن باعث از بین رفتن این همدلی ها بین مردم جهان میشهپس هیچوقت یادتون نره همه ما مردم با صرف نظر از دین و اعتقاداتمون انسانیم و یا بخش تو کتاب هست که خیلی جالبه تو این بخش کتاب سالار مگس هارو زیر سوال برده چون سالها پیش ماجرای سالار مگس ها اتفاق افتاده اما سرانجام گروهی که در یک جزیره متروک سرگردان بودند هیچ شباهتی به سرانجام بچه های سالار مگس ها نبود 。。。more
Daniela
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Po dočítaní som tejto knihe chcela dať 5 hviezdičiek。Potom 4， lebo。。。 bola dobrá a páčila sa mi， ale bola AŽ taká dobrá？ A nevyzerá 5 hviezdičiek príliš nekriticky？ 4 hviezdičky， to vyzerá lepšie， pôsobí to serióznejšie， aj ja hádam pôsobím sčítanejšie， že teda nerozdávam plné hodnotenia len tak hala-bala。A potom som si uvedomila， o čom som práve čítala， a že keď sa mi niečo páčilo a chcem tomu dať 5 hviezdičiek， tak tomu tých 5 hviezdičiek dám。 A nemusím si to nijako ospravedlňovať， ani s tým d Po dočítaní som tejto knihe chcela dať 5 hviezdičiek。Potom 4， lebo。。。 bola dobrá a páčila sa mi， ale bola AŽ taká dobrá？ A nevyzerá 5 hviezdičiek príliš nekriticky？ 4 hviezdičky， to vyzerá lepšie， pôsobí to serióznejšie， aj ja hádam pôsobím sčítanejšie， že teda nerozdávam plné hodnotenia len tak hala-bala。A potom som si uvedomila， o čom som práve čítala， a že keď sa mi niečo páčilo a chcem tomu dať 5 hviezdičiek， tak tomu tých 5 hviezdičiek dám。 A nemusím si to nijako ospravedlňovať， ani s tým dokonale stopercentne súzniť。Dlhšia recenzia coming soon （možno）， keď sa mi to trochu uleží v hlave。 。。。more
Cole Lachmiller
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Humankind did something for me that no book has done before。 It genuinely changed the way I see my neighbors。 Rutger Bregman， with nuance and charm， breaks down social theory after social theory with examples from history and fresh scientific data。 Human beings are born selfish and will easily turn on their fellow man when given the slightest power？ Obviously yes， have you heard of the Stanford prison experiment？ Bregman dives into the archives of this experiment and shows us how and why the res Humankind did something for me that no book has done before。 It genuinely changed the way I see my neighbors。 Rutger Bregman， with nuance and charm， breaks down social theory after social theory with examples from history and fresh scientific data。 Human beings are born selfish and will easily turn on their fellow man when given the slightest power？ Obviously yes， have you heard of the Stanford prison experiment？ Bregman dives into the archives of this experiment and shows us how and why the results are useless， and how a BBC reality show showed us that people don’t want to hurt their peers。 This example amongst many more restore faith in a humanity that has for too long allowed distance to create friction。 He tells us to trust people and that it’s okay， maybe even better， to get scammed every once in a while。 Read this， and smile at your neighbor。 。。。more
Rosa Gudny
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Absolutely blew my socks off。 Bregman is a gifted thinker and writer。 Easily understood and impossible not to agree with。 I did like Utopia for realists tiny bit more but that is like comparing a brownie to a slice of pie， both are wonderful。I will be keeping my eye out for anything Bregman writes。Essential read in our time of cynicism。 Uplifting and hopeful future， which seems within our reach。
Lucy
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This really gave me hope in humanity again。 I didn’t buy most of his arguments - although he criticised other historians for being selective with evidence， his whole argument was based on isolated incidents。 However， this didn’t really matter as I already believe in the crux of his book， and I really liked the idea of a no-cebo。 It’s almost changed my way of looking at things， I’m seeing negative confirmation bias everywhere。
Michele Saqui
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Esse livro é maravilhoso， um dos melhores que li esse ano de 2021 e recomendo para todos aqueles que estão cansados de acreditar que tudo e todos são ruins ou maus。link vídeo: https://youtu。be/KTWKyTNzbXo Esse livro é maravilhoso， um dos melhores que li esse ano de 2021 e recomendo para todos aqueles que estão cansados de acreditar que tudo e todos são ruins ou maus。link vídeo: https://youtu。be/KTWKyTNzbXo 。。。more
Aer Ostato
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I really hope everyone gives this a go。 It has definitely helped think under a different light， especially with all that is happening lately。 This kind of thinking could really be revolutionary in the years to come。
Mission
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最近很流行的正念思維，我覺得沒有比這本更棒的書了，多數人的負面念頭多由他人而起，如果你讀了這本書，且能接受其中內容的話，你會自然而然成為一個更有同情心，對他人多些理解，且更具有互利傾向的人推推，看完之後似乎能對那些被媒體瘋狂聚焦的社會事件多些免疫力，整個就是利大於弊讀墨由此去：http://moo。im/a/gxzEUY 最近很流行的正念思維，我覺得沒有比這本更棒的書了，多數人的負面念頭多由他人而起，如果你讀了這本書，且能接受其中內容的話，你會自然而然成為一個更有同情心，對他人多些理解，且更具有互利傾向的人推推，看完之後似乎能對那些被媒體瘋狂聚焦的社會事件多些免疫力，整個就是利大於弊讀墨由此去：http://moo。im/a/gxzEUY 。。。more
Llyrio
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Extremely insightful！
Nadav Har'El
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I was pleasantly surprised by this book。 By its name and cover， I thought it would be yet another review of humankind's entire history， like "Sapiens" or "A Little History of the World"， and looked forward to it - but turned out to be different， in a good way。 It is more of a philosophy book， with a lot of historical anecdotes used to back up the philosophical ideas。The basic philosophical idea behind this book is that unlike what the influential 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes claimed in I was pleasantly surprised by this book。 By its name and cover， I thought it would be yet another review of humankind's entire history， like "Sapiens" or "A Little History of the World"， and looked forward to it - but turned out to be different， in a good way。 It is more of a philosophy book， with a lot of historical anecdotes used to back up the philosophical ideas。The basic philosophical idea behind this book is that unlike what the influential 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes claimed in his famous book "Leviathan"， we humans do not actually need a strong government to protect us from ourselves and our "state of nature" which is "war of all against all" （Bellum omnium contra omne）。 Bregman tears apart famous horror stories supposedly depicting how humans behave without a strong government - he breaks apart the book Lord of the Flies， the story of the Easter Island inhabitants who supposedly killed each other fighting over resources， several famous experiments in Social Psychology which supposedly prove that humans are instinctively evil， and many more anecdotal "evidence" for the evil of humans in various historic wars， books， and so on。 He shows that most of these examples are false， and instead， that humans are inherently good and evolved to be friendly - not evil - to each other。 He goes as far as naming us "Homo Puppy"， saying that modern humans "domesticated" themselves similarly to how friendly puppies were domesticated from more ruthless wolves。 Finally， the book goes on to discuss what should our social structures - companies， countries， etc。 - should look like if we assume that people are naturally friendly to each other and not the egotistical evil creatures we usually think they are。 。。。more
Alexander Vreede
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Een uiterst hoopgevend boek en bovendien zeer leesbaar geschreven。 Ik heb er van genoten。 De mens blijkt helemaal niet in de eerste plaats uit op eigen gewin ten nadele van de ander。 Laten we voortaan uitgaan van een ander meer positief mensbeeld en proberen om onze samenleving daar op in te richten。
Mariana
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This was an interesting read and I would recommend it to get a different perspective on how we make assumptions about other people and our interactions with them。 I would also recommend reading it with a critical eye since I felt sometimes there were very big jumps from the situations presented and the conclusions that were made。 Even though I do not agree with everything， what I enjoyed the most about this book was that it invites us to re-evaluate studies and knowledge from the past that we ha This was an interesting read and I would recommend it to get a different perspective on how we make assumptions about other people and our interactions with them。 I would also recommend reading it with a critical eye since I felt sometimes there were very big jumps from the situations presented and the conclusions that were made。 Even though I do not agree with everything， what I enjoyed the most about this book was that it invites us to re-evaluate studies and knowledge from the past that we have used to justify current decision-making。 What was once believed to be true may not be so anymore and it is important to look at our assumptions and how they shape the way in which we interact with the world。 。。。more
Jelle
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Eerste hoofdstuk was leuk
A Man Called Ove
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Full-on Wokism + Gandhi-giri 。 Good to draw lessons for personal relationships and dealing with small groups。 Will mostly be disastrous if used to frame public policy。 Too many problems to list。
Gediminas Kontrimas
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Mėgstu kritiškumą ugdančius tekstus。 Šitas toks。
Mika
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"Humankind" is easy to read with lots of interesting points and insights into human nature。 Bregman makes the point that we， as humans， have a too negative perception of ourselves and others due to cognitive biases， religion， nationalism， journalism etc。 I recommend this book！ "Humankind" is easy to read with lots of interesting points and insights into human nature。 Bregman makes the point that we， as humans， have a too negative perception of ourselves and others due to cognitive biases， religion， nationalism， journalism etc。 I recommend this book！ 。。。more
Katie
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This is a really interesting， thought-provoking book that suggests that human nature is more benevolent than we give it credit for- largely because we ignore studies that suggest that， or misinterpret studies that suggest the opposite。 Some of the anecdotes and evidence in the book I'd heard before， but some were new to me。 Towards the end it gets a bit duller， but overall this is a read that will give you hope， very appropriate for this time of year。 This is a really interesting， thought-provoking book that suggests that human nature is more benevolent than we give it credit for- largely because we ignore studies that suggest that， or misinterpret studies that suggest the opposite。 Some of the anecdotes and evidence in the book I'd heard before， but some were new to me。 Towards the end it gets a bit duller， but overall this is a read that will give you hope， very appropriate for this time of year。 。。。more
Nora
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One of the best books I've read this year。 One of the best books I've read this year。 。。。more
Paul Moss
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