Dictatorships . A political scientist has the answers. Plus the world may look a little grim these days, but i will bring you an answer to the ageold question, are humans inherently good or evil . But first heres my take. Cities across the American South and west are getting pum memell by the coronavirus right now, but new york city seems to have things under control as it begins to open up. So i have to admit, im excited. I know it will be a very different city for a while with urban life canceled or curtailed, but still, im excited. The city has felt like an empty stage set full of grand boulevards but no people. Now life has reemerged with people entering shops or simply walking on the streets. Although limited tables in restaurants, urban life is coming back. I know people have said this pandemic will be the death for cities, that it makes people a petrie dish for disease, that they dont need to live in such cramped quarters, that it makes them a relic of the past. Maybe theyre rig
Goodbye to 2020, year we will not miss it all and we remember all those we have lost. I wish you a peaceful and healthy new year. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is the dutch writer and historian rutger bregman, whose book humankind a hopeful history is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Theme music plays. Rutger bregman, in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid i9. It is a Global Health emergency and in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings. What do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us that most
Here is the lightest on the coronavirus. Worldwide, there are 1. 1 million cases and nearly 59,000 deaths. Spain is seeing a significant spike. Joining italy with more than 10,000 deaths. Here in the United States, 7,063 people have died and there are at least 276,335 cases. New york is the epicenter of the world with more than 100,000 cases. Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced 562 people lost their lives from covid19 in a 24hour period. Bringing the total to 2,935 in new york state. The state added 10,482 cases in the same time frame of which 1 1,000 hospitalized. The state is set to run out of ventilators in four days. You have 50 states competing to buy the same item. We all wind up bidding up each other and competing against each other where you literally have a company call you up and say california just out bid you. It is like being on ebay with 50 other states bidding on a ventilator. Then fema gets involved and fema starts bidding. And now fema is bidding on top of the 50. So f
Welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. In times of crisis we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is that dutch writer and historian, rutger bregman, whose book, humankind a hopeful history, is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Rutger bregman in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid 19. It is a Global Health emergency and, in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings, what do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us most people are actually pretty decent and that, especially in the next of a crisis, most people at least show their better selves, and this explosion of cooperation and altruism. An explosion of altruism
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is the dutch writer and historian rutger bregman, whose book humankind a hopeful history is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Theme music plays. Rutger bregman, in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid 19. It is a Global Health emergency and, in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings. What do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us that most people are actually pretty decent and that, especially in the midst of a crisis, people most people, at least show their better selves, you know . And you see this explosion of co