Roman Krznaric
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Roman Krznaric is an Australian-born social philosopher whose books are about ideas that create change.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1970, Sydney (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: PPE, Pembroke College, Oxford; master's, Institute of Latin American Studies, London; PhD, University of Essex (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Empathy; The Good Ancestor (2020); History for Tomorrow (2024) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Nation-states have failed to deal effectively with migration, climate change, wealth inequality and terrorism. (opens korrents.com)
“They have failed to deal effectively with issues arising from migration, climate change, wealth inequality and terrorism.”
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Cities are the greatest and most enduring social technology humankind has invented. (opens korrents.com)
“Cities, in contrast, are the greatest and most enduring social technology ever invented by humankind.”
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Critics of empathy rely on a false dichotomy between empathy and reason. (opens korrents.com)
“Most of their arguments are based on a false dichotomy between empathy and reason.”
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Nation-states have failed to deal effectively with migration, climate change, wealth inequality and terrorism. (opens korrents.com)
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9 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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On History (opens rcmnd.app)
“Earlier he had written a number of essays about the writing of history, and the book I’ve chosen On History, is a collection of these essays.”
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Why History Matters (opens rcmnd.app)
“What John Tosh has done in his book, Why History Matters, is to take that idea of learning from history much further.”
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The Ornament of the World (opens rcmnd.app)
“Yes, so the next book I’ve chosen is The Ornament of The World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain.”
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On History (opens rcmnd.app)