Reinventing Society for an Inclusive World
Join our conversation with Rutger Bregman on 1 December 2021 to explore why the narrative about the nature of human beings is up for a revision and what this implies for global cooperation.
Narratives control our minds. Continuously repeated narratives about the nature of human beings or the role of the state are so powerful because they become unquestioned “common sense”. By looking at history, external pageRutger Bregman challenges the taken-for-granted narrative about the selfish, utility-maximizing nature of human beings that informs how we organize society and policies. Beneath the thin veneer of civilization, the historian Bregman discovers not necessarily a malignant, barbaric being at all, but a fundamentally good one.
About Rutger Bregman
Rutger Bregman is a historian and author. He has published five books on history, philosophy and economics. His books "Humankind" (2020) and "Utopia for Realists" (2017) were both New York Times Bestsellers and have been translated in more than 40 languages. Bregman has twice been nominated for the prestigious European Press Prize for his work at The Correspondent. He lives in Holland.
Please note, that a Covid certificate and the wearing of a mask are mandatory for all events taking place on ETH Zurich premises.
NADEL will host Rutger Bregman for our third anniversary event on 1 December 2021, 16:30 CET at ETH Zurich, Rämistrasse 101, HG E3. The discussion will be moderated by Marcy Goldberg.
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