{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a3c828c3-73ec-4a4b-995c-958894896ec0/b040f012-a92d-48a6-a785-e10110d51c99?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rutger Bregman is hopeful for humankind","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e766b06c05e99e7f4093f/611e76a42e233c0012a95fdb.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://makeworkbetter.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the newsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Qiwjyh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rutger Bregman’s Humankind</strong></a> was my favourite book of 2020 and it comes out in paperback next month. A brilliant read (that also works wonderfully as an audiobook) it will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari's <em>Sapiens&nbsp;</em>or anyone who wants a provocative, thoughtful summer read.</p><p>To mark the paperback release I spoke to him about universal basic income, the way that we've worked in lockdown, and why we turn our backs to&nbsp;lots of evidence that humans are innately kind, decent beings.</p><p><br></p><p>Rutger's brilliant book <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Qiwjyh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Humankind is out in paperback</a> in May 2021. <a href=\"https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/rutger/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">For a full transcript of this interview go to the website.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Rutger mentions he's written recently about <a href=\"https://thecorrespondent.com/466/the-neoliberal-era-is-ending-what-comes-next/61655148676-a00ee89a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the end of neoliberalism - you can read that here.</a></p>","author_name":"brucedaisley.com"}