We have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The inability to imagine a world in which things are different is evidence only of a poor imagination, not of the impossibility of change.

No, the real crisis is that we can’t come up with anything better.

The real crisis of our times, of my generation, is not that we don’t have it good, or even that we might be worse off later on. Then we go and cry on a therapist shoulder. ✍️ My Top 3 QuotesĪ culture that encourages us to spend money we don’t have on stuff we don’t need, in order to impress people we can’t stand. These are big ideas discussed succinctly and simply. If you are interested in thinking broader about where the world is heading, and want an additional view on topics such as ending poverty and work this is the book. This book was mentioned in an interesting discussion with Paul Millerd and Oshan Jarrow, as a follow on from this I read the book. It is easy to get stuck in our beliefs, this book challenges our views in really fundamental ways. Bregman suggests ways in which we can think more broadly about our lives and where they are heading and offers solutions, as suggestions for us to get there. This is a highly enjoyable, engaging read despite the topic being about the issues the world is facing and policy changes. We need to think about what we want the future to look like. Society, not the market or technology gets to decide what has value. Some of Bregman's ideas include: replacing gross domestic product as a measure of progress rolling out universal basic income implementing a fifteen-hour working week and opening borders to mass migration. We have lost a sense that things can be better. We are in the 'Land of Plenty' with unprecedented wealth and opportunity but it looks bleak. Utopia For Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences

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