Rutger Bregman

To harness our best selves, “Temper your empathy, train your compassion, and avoid the news”

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In the nov­el Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys are ship­wrecked on an island and even­tu­al­ly turn sav­age­ly against each oth­er. The book is a cau­tion­ary tale about humanity’s under­ly­ing cru­el­ty and the need for civ­i­liza­tion to tame our dark­er impulses—a mes­sage that res­onates with many peo­ple today.

But that’s not what hap­pened to a real-life group of ship­wrecked kids in 1965. [Read more…] about To har­ness our best selves, “Tem­per your empa­thy, train your com­pas­sion, and avoid the news”