Humankind: A Hopeful History

A Hopeful History

Hardcover, 462 pages

English language

Published 2020 by Little, Brown and Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-41853-9
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OCLC Number:
1255181762
Goodreads:
52879286

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5 stars (1 review)

3 editions

Better than Batter Angels

5 stars

Loved this book. I feel like this book did a better jobs than the more well-known Better Angels of Our Nature by Stephen Pinker at making the case that people are basically good. Pinker fell in the trap of trying to present specific evidence from research that was impefrect and most of the arguments against his thesis have been around that evidence and the validity of that research. Bregman does a good job of avoiding that trap without presenting unsupported arguments.Also, the way he structures the book helpds. Pinker was saying look at this macro evidence we are clearly good on average, whereas Bregman breaks down human behaviors in a micro way and shows the roots of these behaviors. It is a more satisfying approach and I feel more effective.