Greater Good

Articles: Can Educators Cultivate Ecological Intelligence?

A new book, co-written by Emotional Intelligence author Daniel Goleman, argues that schools are the best places to cultivate an understanding of our relationship to the natural world.

Articles: Five Lessons in Human Goodness from “The Hunger Games”

The plot of the new film sounds cynical. But it reveals a surprising amount about the science of human goodness.

Research Digest Items/Studies: Does Being Drunk, Powerful, and in the Dark Make You Do Good—or Evil?

Articles: Social Science, with a Touch of Snark

Greater Good’s book review editor examines The Social Animal, by David Brooks.

Articles: You Can’t Buy Empathy

New research suggests the rich have a hard time reading others' emotions.

Videos and Podcasts: Mindsight vs. Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Siegel talks with Christine Carter about how mindsight relates to emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and mindfulness.

Raising Happiness: Are Dads as Essential as Moms?

Raising Happiness: What Kids Learn During Dinner

Articles: The Good, the Bad, and the Baby

Articles: The Power Paradox

True power requires modesty and empathy, not force and coercion, argues Dacher Keltner. But what people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power.

Articles: The Socially Intelligent Superpower

An Interview with Foreign Policy Expert Anne-Marie Slaughter

Articles: Does Sleeping Well Make Us More Socially Adept?

Articles: Social Intelligence: The Power of Mindsight

How can we free ourselves from prisons of the past?

Articles: The Psychology of Power

Raising Happiness: How Not to Raise an Ungrateful Brat