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Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman

The historian tells Nihal why humanity is less cruel than we’ve been led to believe.

Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake · BBC Radio 5 Live

June 10, 202041m 42s

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Show Notes

The historian and author Rutger Brebman tells Nihal why he thinks humanity is less cruel than we’ve been led to believe. His new book Humankind looks at why some of the stories and experiments that are often-cited examples of our cruelty may be fundamentally flawed.

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