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42. How to Fight Cynicism? (Humankind)

19m · Papercut · 19 Dec 07:00

Are human beings truly and fundamentally evil to the core? How do we explain the atrocities of the Holocaust? Or even studies into evil like the Stanford Prison experiment? What if our worldview on humanity is plain and simply wrong? Find out in this edition of Papercut.

The episode 42. How to Fight Cynicism? (Humankind) from the podcast Papercut has a duration of 19:51. It was first published 19 Dec 07:00. The cover art and the content belong to their respective owners.

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