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Rutger Bregman Quote: “Also taboo among hunter-gatherers was stockpiling and hoarding. For most of our history we didn’t collect things, but friendships. This never failed to amaze European explorers, who expressed incredulity at the generosity of the peoples they encountered. ‘When you ask for something they have, they never say no,’ Columbus wrote in his log. ‘To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone.’7.”

51. “Also taboo among hunter-gatherers was stockpiling and hoarding. For most of our history we didn’t collect things, but friendships. This never failed to amaze European explorers, who expressed incredulity at the generosity of the peoples they encountered. ‘When you ask for something they have, they never say no,’ Columbus wrote in his log. ‘To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone.’7.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “But the people behind Facebook, Twitter and Google know you well. They know what shocks and horrifies you, they know what makes you click. They know how to grab your attention and hold it so they can serve you the most lucrative helping of personalised ads.”

52. “But the people behind Facebook, Twitter and Google know you well. They know what shocks and horrifies you, they know what makes you click. They know how to grab your attention and hold it so they can serve you the most lucrative helping of personalised ads.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “Is it any wonder that the cultural archetype of my generation is the Nerd, whose apps and gadgets symbolize the hope of economic growth? “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,” a former math whiz at Facebook recently lamented.”

53. “Is it any wonder that the cultural archetype of my generation is the Nerd, whose apps and gadgets symbolize the hope of economic growth? “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,” a former math whiz at Facebook recently lamented.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “For every dollar a bank earns, an estimated equivalent of 60 cents is destroyed elsewhere in the economic chain. Conversely, for every dollar a researcher earns, a value of at least $ 5–and often much more–is pumped back into the economy. 22 Higher taxes for top earners would serve, in Harvard science-speak, “to reallocate talented individuals from professions that cause negative externalities to those that cause positive externalities.”

54. “For every dollar a bank earns, an estimated equivalent of 60 cents is destroyed elsewhere in the economic chain. Conversely, for every dollar a researcher earns, a value of at least $ 5–and often much more–is pumped back into the economy. 22 Higher taxes for top earners would serve, in Harvard science-speak, “to reallocate talented individuals from professions that cause negative externalities to those that cause positive externalities.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend, say scientists at the World Bank.56 That’s the combined total of all development aid–times three.”

55. “If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend, say scientists at the World Bank.56 That’s the combined total of all development aid–times three.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “Fighting poverty has huge benefits that we have been blind to until now,” Shafir points out. In fact, he suggests, in addition to measuring our gross domestic product, maybe it’s time we also started considering our gross domestic mental bandwidth. Greater mental bandwidth equates to better child-rearing, better health, more productive employees – you name it. “Fighting scarcity could even reduce costs,” projects Shafir.”

56. “Fighting poverty has huge benefits that we have been blind to until now,” Shafir points out. In fact, he suggests, in addition to measuring our gross domestic product, maybe it’s time we also started considering our gross domestic mental bandwidth. Greater mental bandwidth equates to better child-rearing, better health, more productive employees – you name it. “Fighting scarcity could even reduce costs,” projects Shafir.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “Doe niet voor anderen wat je wilt dat zij voor jou zouden doen’, schreef hij. ‘Ze zouden weleens een andere smaak kunnen hebben.’8.”

57. “Doe niet voor anderen wat je wilt dat zij voor jou zouden doen’, schreef hij. ‘Ze zouden weleens een andere smaak kunnen hebben.’8.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “In fact, it has become increasingly profitable not to innovate. Imagine just how much progress we’ve missed out on because thousands of bright minds have frittered away their time dreaming up hyper complex financial products that are ultimately only destructive.”

58. “In fact, it has become increasingly profitable not to innovate. Imagine just how much progress we’ve missed out on because thousands of bright minds have frittered away their time dreaming up hyper complex financial products that are ultimately only destructive.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “This is still the story many parents tell their kids, but scientists are reaching very different conclusions. The news, according to dozens of studies, is a mental health hazard.23.”

59. “This is still the story many parents tell their kids, but scientists are reaching very different conclusions. The news, according to dozens of studies, is a mental health hazard.23.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “The bottom line is that wealth can be concentrated somewhere, but that doesn’t also mean that’s where it’s being created. This is just as true for your former feudal landowner as it is for the current CEO of Goldman Sachs. The.”

60. “The bottom line is that wealth can be concentrated somewhere, but that doesn’t also mean that’s where it’s being created. This is just as true for your former feudal landowner as it is for the current CEO of Goldman Sachs. The.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “As a species we’ve only just emerged. Imagine that the whole history of life on earth spans just one calendar year, instead of four billion. Up until about mid-October, bacteria had the place to themselves. Not until November did life as we know it appear, with buds and branches, bones and brains.”

61. “As a species we’ve only just emerged. Imagine that the whole history of life on earth spans just one calendar year, instead of four billion. Up until about mid-October, bacteria had the place to themselves. Not until November did life as we know it appear, with buds and branches, bones and brains.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “In the twenty-first century, the real elite are those born not in the right family or the right class but in the right country.”

62. “In the twenty-first century, the real elite are those born not in the right family or the right class but in the right country.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “Not coincidentally, the countries with the shortest workweeks also have the largest number of volunteers and the most social capital.”

63. “Not coincidentally, the countries with the shortest workweeks also have the largest number of volunteers and the most social capital.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “In his 1971 State of the Union address, Nixon considered his plan to “place a floor under the income of every family with children in America” the most important item of legislation on his agenda.”

64. “In his 1971 State of the Union address, Nixon considered his plan to “place a floor under the income of every family with children in America” the most important item of legislation on his agenda.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “People are social animals, but we have a fatal flaw: we feel more affinity for those who are most like us.”

65. “People are social animals, but we have a fatal flaw: we feel more affinity for those who are most like us.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “We need to realise it’s okay that we’re all different–there’s nothing wrong with that. We can build strong houses for our identities, with sturdy foundations. Then we can throw open the doors.”

66. “We need to realise it’s okay that we’re all different–there’s nothing wrong with that. We can build strong houses for our identities, with sturdy foundations. Then we can throw open the doors.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “Today, the richest 8% earn half of all the world’s income,24 and the richest 1% own more than half of all wealth.25 The poorest billion people account for just 1% of all consumption; the richest billion, 72%.”

67. “Today, the richest 8% earn half of all the world’s income,24 and the richest 1% own more than half of all wealth.25 The poorest billion people account for just 1% of all consumption; the richest billion, 72%.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “Toddlers don’t need tests or grades to learn to walk or talk.”

68. “Toddlers don’t need tests or grades to learn to walk or talk.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “Income inequality,” say two leading scientists who have studied twenty-four developed countries, “makes us all less happy with our lives, even if we’re relatively well-off.”

69. “Income inequality,” say two leading scientists who have studied twenty-four developed countries, “makes us all less happy with our lives, even if we’re relatively well-off.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “Belief in humankind’s sinful nature also provides a tidy explanation for the existence of evil. When confronted with hatred or selfishness, you can tell yourself, ‘Oh, well, that’s just human nature.’ But if you believe that people are essentially good, you have to question why evil exists at all. It implies that engagement and resistance are worthwhile, and it imposes an obligation to act.”

70. “Belief in humankind’s sinful nature also provides a tidy explanation for the existence of evil. When confronted with hatred or selfishness, you can tell yourself, ‘Oh, well, that’s just human nature.’ But if you believe that people are essentially good, you have to question why evil exists at all. It implies that engagement and resistance are worthwhile, and it imposes an obligation to act.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “On average, we spend one hour a day getting our news fix. Added up over a lifetime, that’s three years.28.”

71. “On average, we spend one hour a day getting our news fix. Added up over a lifetime, that’s three years.28.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “The news, according to dozens of studies, is a mental health hazard.”

72. “The news, according to dozens of studies, is a mental health hazard.”

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Rutger Bregman Quote: “The greatest sin of the academic left is that it has become fundamentally aristocratic, writing in bizarre jargon that makes simple matters dizzyingly complex. If you can’t explain your ideal to a fairly intelligent twelve-year-old, after all, it’s probably you’re own fault. What we need is a narrative that speaks to millions of ordinary people.”

73. “The greatest sin of the academic left is that it has become fundamentally aristocratic, writing in bizarre jargon that makes simple matters dizzyingly complex. If you can’t explain your ideal to a fairly intelligent twelve-year-old, after all, it’s probably you’re own fault. What we need is a narrative that speaks to millions of ordinary people.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “But the inability to imagine a world in which things are different is evidence only of a poor imagination, not the impossibility of change.”

74. “But the inability to imagine a world in which things are different is evidence only of a poor imagination, not the impossibility of change.”

— Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman Quote: “There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich,” said Oscar Wilde, “and that is the poor.”

75. “There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich,” said Oscar Wilde, “and that is the poor.”

— Rutger Bregman

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