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With ReasonBonus: Rutger Bregman and Philippe Sands - Are Humans Naturally Good? From How To AcademyA special episode from the How To Academy Podcast. Human rights lawyer and award-winning author Philippe Sands QC meets the Dutch historian and viral superstar Rutger Bregman to hear a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good.How To Academy is London’s home of big thinking. In livestream and through live events, they host the world’s biggest thinkers, artists, entrepreneurs and leaders – from Ai Weiwei to Malcolm Gladwell, Bill Gates to Patti Smith, Isabel Allende to Denis Mukwege. Each week, their podcast offers an in-depth interview with t...2021-09-301h 02
How To Academy PodcastRutger Bregman and Philippe Sands - Are Humans Naturally Good?Philippe Sands meets Rutger Bregman, one of the greatest young thinkers of our time, to hear a new story of human nature that places our capacity for kindness, not selfishness, at its heart.It’s a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest.In this...2021-09-141h 05
Hidden PerspectiveProgressives & UBI (UBI Part 2/4)In the second episode of the Universal Basic Income (UBI) series, we explore the progressive arguments for UBI, such as a solution for homelessness and artificial intelligence (AI), freedom, social justice, re-defining the meaning of work, and the mysterious link to Communism.Please 'Subscribe' and leave a 5-star review. Thank you!***References:‘Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek’, Rutger Bregman, 2016, The Correspondent.‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.‘Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free...2019-12-2323 minHidden PerspectiveUniversal Basic Income (UBI) Background & Experiments (UBI Part 1/4)This is the first episode in a four-part series on Universal Basic Income (UBI). We explore the meaning of UBI, its history, and the experiments conducted on UBI around the world.Please 'Subscribe' and leave a 5-star review. Thank you!***References:‘Utopia’, Thomas More, 1516, republished by Planet eBook.‘On Assistance to the Poor’, Juan Luis Vives, 1526, republished by University of Toronto Press.‘Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek’, Rutger Bregman, 2016, The Correspondent.‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven...2019-12-2117 min