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Psychologist Paul Bloom discusses why humans, alas, are simply not cut out for utopia.

Do you agree, or do you keep dreaming?

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While society has made progress, humans are still fundamentally animals, with tribal loyalties and sexual-competitive natures written into our brains and bodies over millions of years of evolution. Join leading psychologist and author of Against Empathy, Paul Bloom, as he argues that human nature makes true utopia impossible. But there’s no need for extreme pessimism. Findings from developmental psychology leave room for "near-utopias"; societies in which we work with, rather than against, our human natures.

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Paul Bloom is a Canadian-American psychologist, bestselling author and celebrated speaker. He is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University and Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

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00:00 Introduction
00:20 The origin of utopia
03:14 Can we achieve utopia?
05:00 We do not want equality
08:04 In-groups and out-groups

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