Moral Ambition

Resumen del libro

Every day we're bombarded with methods, mantras and life hacks that promise us wellness and prosperity - while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources.

The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in, day out?What if you want to do something more with your limited time on the planet?Internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman shows us that with moral ambition - the will to make the world a wildly better place - we can be both idealistic and successful, and change the world along the way. Uncovering the qualities that made the great change-makers of history so effective, he shows how we too can lend our talents to the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to inequality to the next pandemic. With moral ambition, we can do more than be on the right side of history: we can make history itself.

This book won't make your life easier, but it should make it more meaningful. The question is: what will you do with it?As the 2025 BBC Reith Lecturer, Rutger Bregman will present Moral Revolution', a four part series:-A Time of Monsters-How To Start a Moral Revolution-A Realist's Utopia-Zoom OutAvailable to listen on BBC Four.

Biografía del autor

Rutger Bregman nació en Westerschouwen (Países Bajos) en 1988. Historiador formado en las universidades de Utrecht y California, es autor de dos éxitos internacionales, Utopía para realistas y Dignos de ser humanos. Está considerado uno de los jóvenes pensadores europeos más destacados y ha sido nominado en dos ocasiones para el European Press Prize por sus contribuciones periodísticas en The Correspondent. Sus artículos se han publicado también en medios como The Washington Post, The Guardian y la BBC. Ha impartido conferencias en las TED Talks y en el Foro Económico Mundial de Davos.