Social Psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner on Emotions, Awe, Power

Michael Gervais (0:09)

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And very often, most often, we focus on emotions that are problematic on our pursuit. And we talk about emotions like they are something that we, you know, are run by or overrun by. And so we think about anger and fear and those types of emotions. So he's flipped the script on it and focused on the emotions that support us to be great as an evolutionary and biological basis, he wants to understand why we have them, and then how to harness them, how to control them, how to guide them. And so that's what this conversation is about. It's fantastic. I love it. He's also, Dacher is also the co-director of the Greater Good Science Center and the author of Born to Be Good, as you can find out information, more information from him there. And he's also written the book The Power Paradox.