Generational shift? Historian sees virus encouraging new values


  • World
  • Thursday, 04 Jun 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could encourage a generation to turn away from a culture of selfishness, with young people now wanting to do jobs where they can help others, Dutch historian Rutger Bregman believes.

Bregman, 32, whose latest book "Humankind" argues that people are generally decent rather than evil, became famous last year when he told a wealthy audience at the Davis World Economic Forum that they should pay more tax.

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