Steve Hilton wrote the book 'More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First' in 2015.
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On with Kara SwisherAug 10, 2026
Multiple sources show the book 'More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First' was published in May 2015 under Steve Hilton's name, matching the claim and the post's own statement that he wrote it in 2015. Later 2016 editions, listed with co-authors Scott and Jason Bade, do not contradict the 2015 original, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.
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… Um, so who's responsible besides and how can the government do that? I mean, they've had very little, as you know, very little regulation on anything. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been on this a long time, honestly. So you mentioned human. I wrote this book in 2015 called More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First. It was my book coming out of working in the government, and the theme of the book, the sort of argument, was everything in the world has become too big and bureaucratic and centralized and distant from the human scale, as applying that argument to different …
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Supports. Penguin Books New Zealand lists the book as published 21 May 2015 with Steve Hilton as author.[1]
Supports. A 2015 Independent book review by Hamish McRae, dated 22 May 2015, reviews 'More Human' by Steve Hilton, confirming the book was out that month.[2]
Supports. Wikipedia's Steve Hilton entry describes him as the author of the Sunday Times bestseller 'More Human', published in May 2015, citing a 21 May 2015 publication.[3]
Supports. The Internet Archive record lists Hilton as author with a 2015 publication date and publisher W H Allen.[4]
Context. Hachette and Amazon list a 2016 PublicAffairs edition with co-authors Scott and Jason Bade, which is a later edition and does not contradict the 2015 authorship.[5][6]
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- 1More Human by Steve Hiltonpenguin.co.nz · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2More Human by Steve Hilton, book review: Watch out for a Toryindependent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Steve Hilton - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4More human : designing a world where people come first : Hilton, Steve, author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archivearchive.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5More Humanhachettebookgroup.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First: Hilton, Steve, Bade, Scott, Bade, Jason: 9781610396523: Amazon.com: Booksamazon.com · not rated · cited for: context
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