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☆ Opinion | One Thing Not to Fear at Burning Man
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Zeynep Tufekci | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

No matter how this mess is resolved — and many there seem to be coping — the common belief that civilization is but a thin veneer that will fall apart when authority disappears is not only false, the false belief itself is harmful. Rutger Bregman, who wrote a book called “Humankind: A Hopeful History,” had read “Lord of the Flies” as a teenager like many, and didn’t doubt its terrible implication about human nature. However, Bregman got curious about whether there were any real-life cases of boys of that age getting stranded on an island. They were stranded on an island for more than a year. When one of them broke his leg, they took care of him.

Persons: Rutger Bregman, ”, Bregman Locations: Nevada, Tonga, Polynesia

☆ The Book That Made R.J. Palacio Cry on the Subway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What’s the last great book you read? What’s your favorite book no one else has heard of? My goodness, there is something about the way the Irish write that just gets me. What book should everybody read before the age of 21? “The Lord of the Rings.”What book should nobody read until the age of 40?

Persons: Carsten Jensen, ”, Alessandro Manzoni, Rutger Bregman, “, Nnedi Okorafor, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate O’Brien, I’ve Locations: Ireland

☆ The wealthy elite who gather in Davos to talk about saving the planet always ignore the best solution: paying more taxes
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-05 | by ( Paul Constant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He spoke with Peter Goodman about his new book and the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Goodman says Davos has become a feel-good event for billionaires who refuse to make real change. But Davos's most noteworthy topics are the ones that don't typically get discussed: For instance, historian Rutger Bregman made waves in 2019 when he told the affluent audience at Davos that they were ignoring the solution that mattered most: "Taxes, taxes, taxes. The solutions to the very real problems discussed at Davos every year are relatively simple, but they'll never be welcomed by the Davos audience. The only people who aren't ready to hear about that solution, unfortunately, are the people who gather at Davos every year.

☆ How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-03 | by ( Jonathan Mahler | Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +61 min

Murdoch family, 1987: Lachlan, James, Anna and Rupert. The second season of HBO’s “Succession,” whose fictional media family, the Roys, bears a striking resemblance to the Murdochs, airs this summer. ‘A press dictatorship’To understand how the Murdoch empire works, it is essential to return to its origins. The bigger Murdoch’s empire became, the more power he had to clear away obstacles to further its expansion. Like his father, Lachlan considered the idea of meddling with such an important profit driver a form of madness.

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