Dr. Dacher Keltner
2016-12-13
Love & Relationships

Dr. Dacher Keltner on Love, Power, Morality, and Awe

Dr. Dachner Keltner is the founding director of the Greater Good Science center, as well as a professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley, so he’s in a special place to discuss some incredibly interesting positive psychological topics like love, awe, teasing, compassion, empathy, gratitude and much more! It’s a fun and fascinating episode where we take a deep look into the science of the good life. Enjoy the show!

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Oh, and here is Dacher’s impression of Trump:

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Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence and Born to Be Good, and a co-editor of The Compassionate Instinct. Blurb taken from greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Dr. Dacher Keltner

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Dacher Keltner is an American professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center. His research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love, and beauty, and he is the author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder.

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