How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind

How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind

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About the Webinar

Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it? From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled with a constant tension between our yearning for co-operation and our profound need for belonging. Providing a bold new framework for understanding human history, bestselling author and thinker Johan Norberg examines why we're often uncomfortable with openness - but also why it is essential for progress.

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About the Speaker

Johan Norberg

Johan Norberg is a Swedish-born author, lecturer, and documentary filmmaker. He is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and received his MA in the History of Ideas from the University of Stockholm.

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