2 best sellers in 46 languages:
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The New Book
Moral Ambition
Coming spring 2025
Rutger Bregman (1988) is a Dutch historian and best selling author.
His books Humankind (2020) and Utopia for Realists (2017) were both Sunday Times and New York Times best sellers. His work has been translated into 46 languages and has sold over two million copies.
Bregman's books have attracted readers as diverse as Richard Branson, Ursula von der Leyen, Yuval Noah Harari and Rupert Murdoch. Humankind is currently being adapted into a major documentary series.
In April 2025, Bregman âšwill release the English edition of his new book.
Moral Ambition: how to stop wasting your talent and start making a difference.
Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place. To stand on the right side of history, and devote your career to the greatest challenges of our time.
âThe Dutch wunderkind of new ideasâ
The Guardian
âThe folk hero of Davosâ
Vox
âOne of Europeâs most prominent young thinkersâ
TED
âA masterly work of intellectual provocationâ
The Times
âListen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future.â
The Observer
âThe Dutch Historian who caught the world's attentionâ
BBC
Put your ideals to WORK
Imagine an alliance of ambitious idealists who think awareness is not enough. An organization that  empowers small groups of pioneers to make a historic difference. Imagine a movement of builders, who take on the biggest and most neglected challenges of our time, and who will persevere until theyâve accomplished their goals. And weâll call it: The School for Moral Ambition.
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