Rutger Bregman
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
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106 editions
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2019
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
95 editions
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2014
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Het water komt
11 editions
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2020
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Morele ambitie
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Waarom vuilnismannen meer verdienen dan bankiers
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6 editions
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2015
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Wat maakt een verzetsheld?
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2021
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De Geschiedenis van de Vooruitgang
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2013
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Met de kennis van toen: Actuele problemen in het licht van de geschiedenis
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2012
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Hoe haal ik mijn tentamen
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PLAY! A Tribute to the Homo Ludens
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“The great milestones of civilization always have the whiff of utopia about them at first. According to renowned sociologist Albert Hirschman, utopias are initially attacked on three grounds: futility (it’s not possible), danger (the risks are too great), and perversity (it will degenerate into dystopia). But Hirschman also wrote that almost as soon as a utopia becomes a reality, it often comes to be seen as utterly commonplace. Not so very long ago, democracy still seemed a glorious utopia. Many a great mind, from the philosopher Plato (427–347 B.C.) to the statesman Edmund Burke (1729–97), warned that democracy was futile (the masses were too foolish to handle it), dangerous (majority rule would be akin to playing with fire), and perverse (the “general interest” would soon be corrupted by the interests of some crafty general or other). Compare this with the arguments against basic income. It’s supposedly futile because we can’t pay for it, dangerous because people would quit working, and perverse because ultimately a minority would end up having to toil harder to support the majority.”
― Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
― Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
“Besides being blind to lots of good things, the GDP also benefits from all manner of human suffering. Gridlock, drug abuse, adultery? Goldmines for gas stations, rehab centers, and divorce attorneys. If you were the GDP, your ideal citizen would be a compulsive gambler with cancer who’s going through a drawn-out divorce that he copes with by popping fistfuls of Prozac and going berserk on Black Friday. Environmental pollution even does double duty: One company makes a mint by cutting corners while another is paid to clean up the mess. By contrast, a centuries-old tree doesn’t count until you chop it down and sell it as lumber.”
― Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
― Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
“An old man says to his grandson: ‘There’s a fight going on inside me. It’s a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil–angry, greedy, jealous, arrogant, and cowardly. The other is good–peaceful, loving, modest, generous, honest, and trustworthy. These two wolves are also fighting within you, and inside every other person too.’ After a moment, the boy asks, ‘Which wolf will win?’ The old man smiles. ‘The one you feed.’ 3”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
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