Dr. Rick Hanson

When you bring those two together, it's a very powerful combination. And then when you apply it to the notion of the greater good, what is the greater good for all of us today? It's crucially important at this time in the social history of humanity, which if you look at has had many positive developments, certainly over the last 10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years, notwithstanding

When you bring those two together, it's a very powerful combination. And then when you apply it to the notion of the greater good, what is the greater good for all of us today? It's crucially important at this time in the social history of humanity, which if you look at has had many positive developments, certainly over the last 10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years, notwithstanding

Also, some very serious challenges facing us, notably divisiveness that social media enables and various actors exploit that disrupts and erodes the very notion of the common good. that's necessary for a functioning, certainly democratic, civil society.

Also, some very serious challenges facing us, notably divisiveness that social media enables and various actors exploit that disrupts and erodes the very notion of the common good. that's necessary for a functioning, certainly democratic, civil society.

Also, some very serious challenges facing us, notably divisiveness that social media enables and various actors exploit that disrupts and erodes the very notion of the common good. that's necessary for a functioning, certainly democratic, civil society.

So the GSC, the Greater Good Science Center, serves two really important purposes in terms of promoting individual well-being and then linking individual well-being to the societal scale factors that promote individual well-being, including the very idea of the common good.

So the GSC, the Greater Good Science Center, serves two really important purposes in terms of promoting individual well-being and then linking individual well-being to the societal scale factors that promote individual well-being, including the very idea of the common good.

So the GSC, the Greater Good Science Center, serves two really important purposes in terms of promoting individual well-being and then linking individual well-being to the societal scale factors that promote individual well-being, including the very idea of the common good.

Well, I'm pausing because as usual, as I'm getting to know you, you really do get at the heart of the matter, which is great. And for me as a longtime clinical psychologist and parent and now approaching my, I believe, 44th wedding anniversary, and I'm old enough now to have lived through a tremendous amount of social change in America and the world. I was born in 1952.

Well, I'm pausing because as usual, as I'm getting to know you, you really do get at the heart of the matter, which is great. And for me as a longtime clinical psychologist and parent and now approaching my, I believe, 44th wedding anniversary, and I'm old enough now to have lived through a tremendous amount of social change in America and the world. I was born in 1952.

Well, I'm pausing because as usual, as I'm getting to know you, you really do get at the heart of the matter, which is great. And for me as a longtime clinical psychologist and parent and now approaching my, I believe, 44th wedding anniversary, and I'm old enough now to have lived through a tremendous amount of social change in America and the world. I was born in 1952.

You can imagine what I've seen in my life, including in the sixties and the seventies. And it's extremely clear to me in all those ways that we need to have strengths inside. I think a little bit about your background in the Naval Academy, which I of course know very little about, but still in any domain, we need to grow strengths of different kinds.

You can imagine what I've seen in my life, including in the sixties and the seventies. And it's extremely clear to me in all those ways that we need to have strengths inside. I think a little bit about your background in the Naval Academy, which I of course know very little about, but still in any domain, we need to grow strengths of different kinds.

You can imagine what I've seen in my life, including in the sixties and the seventies. And it's extremely clear to me in all those ways that we need to have strengths inside. I think a little bit about your background in the Naval Academy, which I of course know very little about, but still in any domain, we need to grow strengths of different kinds.

Now, some of those strengths are skills, knowing how to do things, Generally speaking, so much research as well as life experience show that the most important inner strengths to develop have to do with emotional intelligence broadly, like determination, fortitude, good-heartedness, empathy, self-regulation, insight into yourself, insight into other people, a warm heart.

Now, some of those strengths are skills, knowing how to do things, Generally speaking, so much research as well as life experience show that the most important inner strengths to develop have to do with emotional intelligence broadly, like determination, fortitude, good-heartedness, empathy, self-regulation, insight into yourself, insight into other people, a warm heart.

Now, some of those strengths are skills, knowing how to do things, Generally speaking, so much research as well as life experience show that the most important inner strengths to develop have to do with emotional intelligence broadly, like determination, fortitude, good-heartedness, empathy, self-regulation, insight into yourself, insight into other people, a warm heart.

So we need to have these strengths. Strengths are crucial. resilience is what enables us to weather the worst day of our lives and achieve our goals every day of our lives. How do you have resilience? You need to have resilience through inner strengths, factors inside yourself.

So we need to have these strengths. Strengths are crucial. resilience is what enables us to weather the worst day of our lives and achieve our goals every day of our lives. How do you have resilience? You need to have resilience through inner strengths, factors inside yourself.

So we need to have these strengths. Strengths are crucial. resilience is what enables us to weather the worst day of our lives and achieve our goals every day of our lives. How do you have resilience? You need to have resilience through inner strengths, factors inside yourself.