REFLECTIVE SEMINAR in Fall 2020 (RS0001FB1B)

In this First Bridge, we explore the economic and political mechanisms that hold society together. Given how selfish we think humans are, isn’t it astonishing how individuals manage to cooperate on such a gigantic scale every day? Hundreds of millions of people are ferried rapidly across distances unimaginable a few centuries ago just to get to work in the morning, doing jobs that allow you to turn on the light, drink a coffee and text your bestie! At the same time, we accept, as if it were fate, vertiginous inequalities and structural injustice for certain people as part of that cooperation. Can humans do better in organizing society?