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We are taught that people are selfish by nature and guided primarily by their own interests. From Machiavelli to the teachings of Thomas Hobbes, from Sigmund Freud to Steven Pinker, the roots of this belief run deep in Western thought. Under its influence, loud headlines in the mass media are formed and the laws of our life are determined.
But what if it is not true? Historian and one of Europe's greatest young thinkers Rutger Bregman offers a fresh new look at the last 200,000 years of human history and proves that kindness and cooperation, not competition and mistrust, are inherent in humans. From the real-life Lord of the Flies to post-Blitz solidarity, from the hidden flaws of the Stanford Prison Experiment to the true story of twin brothers who found themselves on opposite sides of the struggle during apartheid in South Africa and eventually united with Nelson Mandela for peace, - the author proves that faith in human kindness is not just optimistic - it is realistic.