Utopia For Realists helps unlock our minds and dream of the possible. Not self-interested or terrible, but decent. Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. Unfortunately, most of us seem to have lost the capacity to imagine a better world. In his latest book, Humankind: A Hopeful History, Bregman argues that human beings are essentially decent.
Every milestone of civilization from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy was once considered a utopian fantasy. Quoting Oscar Wilde, Bregman says progress is the realisation of utopias. Dutch historian Bregman (Utopia for Realists) puts a positive spin on human behavior in this intriguing survey of politics, literature, psychology. Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. That would really help get the word out and raise the visibility of the Creative Life show. Rutger Bregman, a bestselling Dutch historian, explains that it needn’t be this way. If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes or Stitcher and write a brief review. Nikolai Lugansky – Rachmaninov 2nd and 3rd Piano Concertos.I had the opportunity to hear him talk at the RSA in London recently and it’s my great pleasure to welcome him onto the show now. He has twice been nominated for the prestigious European Press Prize for his journalism work at The Correspondent. His latest book ‘Utopia for Realists’ makes a passionate case for universal basic income, open borders and a 15-hour workweek. Rutger Bregman is an author and historian who has been called ‘The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas’ by The Guardian Newspaper.
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