Rutger Bregman
@rutgerbregman.com
Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
You will design and run the entire program, crafting the curriculum, curating mentors, securing internships, managing logistics, and bringing in bold speakers.
You’ll be the Gandalf of the Fellowship: wise, kind, and fiercely committed to helping students live out their ideals.
You’ll be the Gandalf of the Fellowship: wise, kind, and fiercely committed to helping students live out their ideals.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You will design and run the entire program, crafting the curriculum, curating mentors, securing internships, managing logistics, and bringing in bold speakers.
You’ll be the Gandalf of the Fellowship: wise, kind, and fiercely committed to helping students live out their ideals.
You’ll be the Gandalf of the Fellowship: wise, kind, and fiercely committed to helping students live out their ideals.
Over the past two years, we’ve run fellowships, campaigns, and events that have helped thousands rethink what success really means.
Now, we’re bringing that mission to one of the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard.
Now, we’re bringing that mission to one of the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Over the past two years, we’ve run fellowships, campaigns, and events that have helped thousands rethink what success really means.
Now, we’re bringing that mission to one of the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard.
Now, we’re bringing that mission to one of the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard.
Take a place like Harvard. Every year, thousands of teenagers apply with essays about ending poverty or saving the planet.
Fast forward a few years… and nearly half go to McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, or Kirkland & Ellis.
Fast forward a few years… and nearly half go to McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, or Kirkland & Ellis.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Take a place like Harvard. Every year, thousands of teenagers apply with essays about ending poverty or saving the planet.
Fast forward a few years… and nearly half go to McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, or Kirkland & Ellis.
Fast forward a few years… and nearly half go to McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, or Kirkland & Ellis.
Millions of talented people end up in careers that don’t make the world better. Some even make it worse.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Millions of talented people end up in careers that don’t make the world better. Some even make it worse.
Millions of talented people end up in careers that don’t make the world better. Some even make it worse.
July 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Millions of talented people end up in careers that don’t make the world better. Some even make it worse.
Defenders of Israels war crimes often remind us that October 7 was the equivalent of twelve 9/11s, and that therefore, Israel had no other choice.
You never hear them do the math for Palestinians, who have now endured the equivalent of at least 2,500 9/11s.
You never hear them do the math for Palestinians, who have now endured the equivalent of at least 2,500 9/11s.
July 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Defenders of Israels war crimes often remind us that October 7 was the equivalent of twelve 9/11s, and that therefore, Israel had no other choice.
You never hear them do the math for Palestinians, who have now endured the equivalent of at least 2,500 9/11s.
You never hear them do the math for Palestinians, who have now endured the equivalent of at least 2,500 9/11s.
Let's start with the experts. Robert Paxton, the world’s foremost scholar of fascism, long resisted calling Trump a fascist. But after January 6th, he changed his mind.
“It’s the real thing. It really is,” Paxton told The New York Times in the fall of 2024.
“It’s the real thing. It really is,” Paxton told The New York Times in the fall of 2024.
June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Let's start with the experts. Robert Paxton, the world’s foremost scholar of fascism, long resisted calling Trump a fascist. But after January 6th, he changed his mind.
“It’s the real thing. It really is,” Paxton told The New York Times in the fall of 2024.
“It’s the real thing. It really is,” Paxton told The New York Times in the fall of 2024.
Yes, this is fascism.
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Yes, this is fascism.
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
When the far right gets upset about the reach of your book campaign, you know something is going well :)
May 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When the far right gets upset about the reach of your book campaign, you know something is going well :)
Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
May 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
I’m done with the online left. And here's why.
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m done with the online left. And here's why.
Jon Stewart gave me some great advice in case I ever get asked to give a graduation speech about my new book MORAL AMBITION 😂
May 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Jon Stewart gave me some great advice in case I ever get asked to give a graduation speech about my new book MORAL AMBITION 😂
Just heard my new book MORAL AMBITION is officially a Sunday Times Bestseller in the UK! Thank you to all the readers who made this happen! 🙏🤩
May 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just heard my new book MORAL AMBITION is officially a Sunday Times Bestseller in the UK! Thank you to all the readers who made this happen! 🙏🤩
April 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Book publication day in the UK!
After years of work, it's always a little nerve-wracking to release a new book. But here are a few people who were kind enough to say lovely things about it in advance 😅:
After years of work, it's always a little nerve-wracking to release a new book. But here are a few people who were kind enough to say lovely things about it in advance 😅:
April 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Book publication day in the UK!
After years of work, it's always a little nerve-wracking to release a new book. But here are a few people who were kind enough to say lovely things about it in advance 😅:
After years of work, it's always a little nerve-wracking to release a new book. But here are a few people who were kind enough to say lovely things about it in advance 😅:
Just finished 'Abundance' by Klein & Thompson.
Absolutely brilliant – totally lives up to the hype. Mandatory reading for progressives everywhere.
My only (minor) quibble is that I wish it wasn't so US-focused. Most lessons apply just as urgently to the UK and EU!
Absolutely brilliant – totally lives up to the hype. Mandatory reading for progressives everywhere.
My only (minor) quibble is that I wish it wasn't so US-focused. Most lessons apply just as urgently to the UK and EU!
March 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Just finished 'Abundance' by Klein & Thompson.
Absolutely brilliant – totally lives up to the hype. Mandatory reading for progressives everywhere.
My only (minor) quibble is that I wish it wasn't so US-focused. Most lessons apply just as urgently to the UK and EU!
Absolutely brilliant – totally lives up to the hype. Mandatory reading for progressives everywhere.
My only (minor) quibble is that I wish it wasn't so US-focused. Most lessons apply just as urgently to the UK and EU!
The blood that Elon Musk and his DOGE-cronies have on their hands because of the PEPFAR Funding Suspension.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
February 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The blood that Elon Musk and his DOGE-cronies have on their hands because of the PEPFAR Funding Suspension.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
Wonderful news from France! The National Assembly has voted to advance a billionaire's tax—116 in favor, 39 against.
The tax enjoys huge public support, with 75% of the French backing it.
Similar levels of support are seen in polls across other countries, including the U.S.
The tax enjoys huge public support, with 75% of the French backing it.
Similar levels of support are seen in polls across other countries, including the U.S.
February 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Wonderful news from France! The National Assembly has voted to advance a billionaire's tax—116 in favor, 39 against.
The tax enjoys huge public support, with 75% of the French backing it.
Similar levels of support are seen in polls across other countries, including the U.S.
The tax enjoys huge public support, with 75% of the French backing it.
Similar levels of support are seen in polls across other countries, including the U.S.
The problem with Noble Losers: caring more about your own purity than about actually achieving results.
February 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The problem with Noble Losers: caring more about your own purity than about actually achieving results.
Tesla’s sales plummet across Europe.
'An entrepreneur from the south-west state of Baden-Württemberg told German media that he had been “completely overrun” with orders for a sticker he produced for Tesla owners that read: “I bought this before Elon went crazy.”'
'An entrepreneur from the south-west state of Baden-Württemberg told German media that he had been “completely overrun” with orders for a sticker he produced for Tesla owners that read: “I bought this before Elon went crazy.”'
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Tesla’s sales plummet across Europe.
'An entrepreneur from the south-west state of Baden-Württemberg told German media that he had been “completely overrun” with orders for a sticker he produced for Tesla owners that read: “I bought this before Elon went crazy.”'
'An entrepreneur from the south-west state of Baden-Württemberg told German media that he had been “completely overrun” with orders for a sticker he produced for Tesla owners that read: “I bought this before Elon went crazy.”'
Such a relief to hear that the 'experts' who now have access to 'a vast range of sensitive information about tens of millions of citizens' are a bunch of Red Bull-fueled interns who believe the law is just a bloated legacy system in need of a quick rewrite.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Such a relief to hear that the 'experts' who now have access to 'a vast range of sensitive information about tens of millions of citizens' are a bunch of Red Bull-fueled interns who believe the law is just a bloated legacy system in need of a quick rewrite.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Reminder on the first day of Davos: it's time to fund the police. The I.R.S., to be precise. They're in charge of auditing the billionaire class, who are avoiding and evading their taxes on a massive scale.
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reminder on the first day of Davos: it's time to fund the police. The I.R.S., to be precise. They're in charge of auditing the billionaire class, who are avoiding and evading their taxes on a massive scale.
I've recently co-founded a nonprofit – The School for Moral Ambition - that helps people to pivot their career. We basically pay people to quit their jobs, and like to see ourselves as the ‘Robin Hoods of Talent’... /4
January 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've recently co-founded a nonprofit – The School for Moral Ambition - that helps people to pivot their career. We basically pay people to quit their jobs, and like to see ourselves as the ‘Robin Hoods of Talent’... /4