Dr. Dacher Keltner

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577 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 13 Jul

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And, you know, this is merging a couple of really rich literatures, Mel, you know, the narrative psychology of like, we are stories.

We're almost like books.

We, Dacher is a novel in some sense.

So there are these early inspirations and people who move me and those forms of inspiration point to like, this is what I care about.

And I remember when I was on a panel with the Dalai Lama in 2003, he said,

Kindness is a basic state of human nature.

And I was blown away.

I was like, wow, that's so rich as an idea as a scientist.

And it's also rich as an idea how to live life.

It's like, it's so basic.

That's all we have to do.

Practice kindness.

His quote, if you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

That insight coming out of someone who inspires me taught me a lot.

And then you start to take these insights through this inquiry, to use your word, and like...

okay, I have a free weekend.

What should I do?

Well, maybe I'd like to volunteer inside a prison, which I did.

Maybe I should volunteer in the parks and help with tracking what bird species are.

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