鲁特格尔·布雷格曼

鲁特格尔·C·布雷格曼（荷兰语：Rutger C. Bregman，1988年4月26日—）是一位荷兰历史学家和作家。他已经出版了四本关于历史、哲学和经济的书，包括《现实主义者的乌托邦》，该书已被翻译成三十二种语言。他的作品被《华盛顿邮报》、《卫报》和BBC报导。他被《卫报》描述为“荷兰的新思想奇才”，被TED Talks称为“欧洲最杰出的年轻思想家之一”。他的TED演讲“贫穷不是缺乏性格，而是缺乏现金”被策展人克里斯·安德森选为2017年十大演讲之一。

著作

2014年：《现实主义者的乌托邦：如何建构一个理想世界》（也译作《改变每个人的3个狂热梦想》，英文版初版名称Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek，再版名称Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There）

2020年：《人慈：横跨二十万年的人性旅程，用更好的视角看待自己》（Humankind: A Hopeful History）

Rutger Christiaan Bregman (born 26 April 1988) is a Dutch historian and author.

Bregman published four books, most notably Utopia for Realists, which has been translated into thirty-two languages. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian and by the BBC. He has been described by The Guardian as the "Dutch wunderkind of new ideas" and by TED Talks as "one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers". His TED Talk, "Poverty Isn't a Lack of Character; It's a Lack of Cash", was chosen by TED curator Chris Anderson as one of the top ten of 2017.

Early life and education

Bregman was born in Renesse. His father is a Protestant minister, while his mother is a special needs teacher. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in history at Utrecht University in 2009. He earned his Master of Arts in history in 2012, partly at Utrecht and partly at the University of California, Los Angeles. His graduate studies concentrated on cities, states and citizenship. He was a member of Christian student association SSR-NU.

Career

Bregman thought of becoming an academic historian, but began working as a journalist instead. He worked about 10 years in what he calls the "awareness industry", before quitting journalism, after what he called an early midlife crisis and becoming an entrepreneur though he still writes for the online journal De Correspondent, He was twice nominated for the European Press Prize for his work there. His articles have also been published in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Evonomics, and The Conversation.

In November 2025, Bregman, who lives in the US, gave the first of four Reith Lectures for the BBC on the "Moral Revolution" arguing for a realist utopia. He wished to state in his lecture that Donald Trump was the "most openly corrupt president in American history". When the BBC censored his intended statement upon advice of its lawyers before the broadcast, Bregman expressed surprise and objected to the censorship, describing the BBC as "bending the knee to authoritarianism". The BBC forbade its staff from quoting the censored line in communication with the media.

Utopia for Realists

In 2014 Bregman published Utopia for Realists (Dutch title: Gratis geld voor iedereen) which promotes a more productive and equitable life based on three core ideas: a universal basic income paid to everybody, a short work week of fifteen hours work time, and open borders worldwide with the free exchange of citizens between all nations. It was originally written as a series of articles for the Dutch online journal De Correspondent.

In an interview with the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir in September 2017, Bregman said that "to move forward, a society needs dreams, not nightmares. Yet people are caught in the logic of fear. Whether it is Trump, Brexit or the last elections in Germany, they vote against the future and instead for solutions to replace it, believing the past was better based on a thoroughly mistaken view of the world: the world was worse before … Humanity is improving, conditions of life, work and health too. And it's time to open the windows of our minds to see it."