Dacher Keltner
Dacher Keltner is a professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. His research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love, beauty, and humility, as well as power, social class, and inequality.
Dacher is the author of several hundred scientific articles and several books, including Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, The Compassionate Instinct, and The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence. He has won many research, teaching, and service awards, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Upcoming Programs by Dacher Keltner
Awe, Compassion, Gratitude, and Beauty: The Science and Practice of Self-Transcendence
Deep in the human mind and body are vast capacities for self-transcendence, felt in experiences of awe, compassion, gratitude, and profound beauty. These emotions enable us to gain perspective on our stresses, quiet the voice of the transactional self, orient to the well-being of others, and find a commitment to all sentient beings. These emotions […]