Greed, Games, and Goodness–This Friday!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, children, events, goodness, parenting | Leave a Comment »Time is running out to get your ticket to the first-ever Greater Good Science Center fundraiser, happening this Friday evening on the UC Berkeley campus. "Greed, Games, and Goodness" will feature a conversation between the GGSC's Dacher Keltner and best-selling author ...
Turn Up the Red
Friday, October 9th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, morality, social connections, social exclusion | 3 Comments »Most people try to hide their blushes when they’re embarrassed. Some have even gone so far as to undergo a surgical procedure that prevents their face from blushing. But new research suggests that rather than being something we should cover ...
Why to Be Good, How to Be Happy
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, compassion, events, happiness | 4 Comments »This Thursday, the Greater Good Science Center will be hosting "Why to Be Good, How to Be Happy," the third seminar in its "Science of a Meaningful Life" series and its first in Los Angeles. We want to hear from those ...
Darwin’s Touch: Survival of the Kindest
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, altruism, compassion, cooperation, evolution, genetics, goodness, prosocial behavior, psychology | 2 Comments »Two hundred years ago today, Adam Gopnik writes in Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life, two pebbles -- Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln -- were dropped into the sea of life. Their ideas and ...
Lie to Him
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, Paul Ekman, compassion, empathy, events | Leave a Comment »What does the Dalai Lama have in common with the latest Fox TV crime show? This is not a trick question. The answer? They've both recently collaborated with Greater Good editorial board member Paul Ekman. Yes, just a few months after he ...
