Dacher Keltner on the Science of a Meaningful Life

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Dacher Keltner on the Science of a Meaningful Life

July 2010 | TRT 30:00

The Greater Good Science Center’s faculty director discusses “the science of a meaningful life”: how to raise compassionate kids, reduce greed and selfishness, and find true happiness.

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