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Utopia for Realists

Written by: Rutger Bregman
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party of the right or left is providing us with answers. So, too, does the time seem to be coming to an end when we looked to economists to help us define the qualities necessary to create a successful society.

We need a new movement. One defined by a young historian who can tell us the truth about how we got here. They'd be a political outsider, the voice of their generation, one who doesn't harness rage or agitate grievances but who provides us with the answers for which we've been looking. That person is Rutger Bregman, and his vision is Utopia for Realists.

©2017 Rutger Bregman (P)2017 Audible, Ltd Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government
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An absolute essential for today's world ! A book whose time has come !!!
very well narrated.

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Early on in the book - author asks a question that baffled me - "Why is that - even after machines have automated most of the work, that we used to do in the year 1800 CE, we 200 years later seem to be even busier and have even lesser time for our-self. Why increase in productivity not increasing our leisure time ?"

Some of my favorite reads such as - '1984' have been on the topic of dystopia. So, imagining utopia along with the author was a good change. But, the 'Utopia' the author leads us towards is not in some imaginative future - but perhaps it is to be found in our own economic and societal ideas of past decades - that we are somehow forgetting as a culture.

The book explores 'radical ideas' such as universal basic income, 15 hour work week, free education & health, global citizenship - as something which is not only desirable but also perhaps achievable.

This book will for sure make you doubt your standard world view and make you question - What if?

Asks baffling questions, with no easy answers

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highly recommended. in addition to his human kind, this book is an important and pertinent piece of work for our times. as we come out of a global pandemic, it behooves us to consider what sort of a world we wish to build going forward

a very important piece of work

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