Read: Humankind A Hopeful History

Get an exclusive preview of a book expected here in July. Humankind challenges the assumption that human nature is essentially destructive and says we could see more positive outcomes if we organised our societies according to a radically different and more positive assumption of human nature. Are we are by nature essentially cooperative and good?Michelle Martin meets the man who challenged billionaires at Davos to discuss his book “Humankind” which invites every reader to rethink their basic assumptions of human beings. Rutger Bregman is a journalist at The Correspondent, and one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.