Humankind: A Hopeful History

Are human beings by nature selfish? Everyone seems to think so - but in believing that, we bring out the worst in our politics, economics and each other. From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the Blitz, a Siberian fox farm to an infamous New York murder, Stanley Milgram's Yale shock machine to the Stanford prison experiment, Rutger Bregman shows how putting our faith in human kindness and altruism can introduce a new way to think - and create the foundation for achieving true change in our society.