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The evolution of 'Homo Puppy'

Written by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, Humankind argues that we've been trained to be more biased towards the innate "evil" character in humans

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Mr Bregman certainly sets himself up for a herculean task. To say that, we, as a species, are basically nice is to rally in the defence of a lost cause

Shreegireesh Jalihal
Here’s a book that argues that we humans, deep down, are actually pretty decent beings. The timing couldn’t have been more bizarre — it was released in the middle of a global pandemic that has resulted in humanitarian crises, widespread protests in the US against systemic racism, the omnipresent threat of new consequences of climate change and border conflicts back home. 

Written by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, Humankind argues that we’ve been trained to be more biased towards the innate “evil” character in humans. He reasons that the “goodness” in humans has been deliberately ignored for ages and if we

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