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A review by alanvonlanthen
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
5.0
Officially my new favourite book
I would have given this fantastic book a solid 6/5 if I could, despite the following flaws:
1. I do not remember the Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins leading to the depressing conclusion that Humans are selfish by nature. But I could be mistaken; I read the book quite a while ago and my memory could be playing tricks;
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was definitely not a "French philosopher". He was born in Geneva before the Republic & Canton joined the Swiss Confederation, making him a Genevan philosopher
I would have given this fantastic book a solid 6/5 if I could, despite the following flaws:
1. I do not remember the Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins leading to the depressing conclusion that Humans are selfish by nature. But I could be mistaken; I read the book quite a while ago and my memory could be playing tricks;
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was definitely not a "French philosopher". He was born in Geneva before the Republic & Canton joined the Swiss Confederation, making him a Genevan philosopher