app03 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:28:12 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) On Wisdom - Episodes Tagged with “Dacher Keltner” https://www.onwisdompodcast.com/tags/dacher%20keltner Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:00:00 -0400 What does it actually take to think wisely? On Wisdom digs into the empirical science of wisdom, judgment, and decision-making, and what it means for how we live. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom &amp; Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London. Each episode pairs freewheeling conversation with guest spots from leading behavioural scientists working on reasoning, wellbeing, culture, and society. Past guests include Adam Grant, Jonathan Haidt, Paul Bloom, Shannon Vallor, Lisa Barrett, David Dunning, Mara Mather, Tom Gilovich, Laura Carstensen, Oliver Burkeman, Simine Vazire, Dacher Keltner, and more. This autumn: a five-episode special series built around the first Annual Review of Psychology chapter on wisdom since 2011, featuring fifteen scholars on narrative, metacognition, measurement, training, and the neuroscience of wise decisions. en-us episodic What does science tell us about wisdom? Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann What does it actually take to think wisely? On Wisdom digs into the empirical science of wisdom, judgment, and decision-making, and what it means for how we live. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom &amp; Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London. Each episode pairs freewheeling conversation with guest spots from leading behavioural scientists working on reasoning, wellbeing, culture, and society. Past guests include Adam Grant, Jonathan Haidt, Paul Bloom, Shannon Vallor, Lisa Barrett, David Dunning, Mara Mather, Tom Gilovich, Laura Carstensen, Oliver Burkeman, Simine Vazire, Dacher Keltner, and more. This autumn: a five-episode special series built around the first Annual Review of Psychology chapter on wisdom since 2011, featuring fifteen scholars on narrative, metacognition, measurement, training, and the neuroscience of wise decisions. no psychology, science, happiness, philosophy, wisdom, decision-making, reasoning, society; judgment; metacognition Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann charlesdavidcassidy@gmail.com 56: Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner) https://www.onwisdompodcast.com/56 d2db09b3-b7c2-46bf-bf61-dd14e8b19fff Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:00:00 -0400 Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann 56 Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner) full Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann Have we overlooked a major source of awe, right under our collective noses? Dacher Keltner returns to the On Wisdom studio to discuss his new book "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life", the power of moral beauty, the desire for connection, and the importance of wandering. Igor suggest that awe can also entail feelings of terror, Dacher reflects on the perils of awe being used against us, and Charles shares his experience of an awe walk-around-the-bloc. Welcome to Episode 56. 50:08 no <p>Have we overlooked a major source of awe, right under our collective noses? Dacher Keltner returns to the On Wisdom studio to discuss his new book "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life", the power of moral beauty, the desire for connection, and the importance of wandering. Igor suggest that awe can also entail feelings of terror, Dacher reflects on the perils of awe being used against us, and Charles shares his experience of an awe walk-around-the-bloc. Welcome to Episode 56. Special Guest: Dacher Keltner.</p> wisdom, psychology, philosophy, social science, happiness, well being, meaning, reasoning, emotions, purpose, awe, moral beauty, dacher keltner, terror, horror, UC Berkeley, awe walk, meta awareness Have we overlooked a major source of awe, right under our collective noses? Dacher Keltner returns to the On Wisdom studio to discuss his new book "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life", the power of moral beauty, the desire for connection, and the importance of wandering. Igor suggest that awe can also entail feelings of terror, Dacher reflects on the perils of awe being used against us, and Charles shares his experience of an awe walk-around-the-bloc. Welcome to Episode 56.

Special Guest: Dacher Keltner.

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Special Guest: Dacher Keltner.

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]]> 34: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanity https://www.onwisdompodcast.com/34 1ed861de-5fe4-463f-9e88-b08ee29614e5 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:00:00 -0500 Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann 34 World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanity full Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann On Wisdom dissects the latest research emerging from the field of wisdom research and discusses what it might mean for each of us and for society in terms of reasoning and living more wisely in the 21st Century. 22:33 no <h3>What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic?</h3> <p>Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://worldaftercovid.info/" rel="nofollow noopener">World After Covid</a>&nbsp;project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of <strong>what's important, living in the moment, social connectedness, and shared humanity</strong> in the midst of the pandemic.</p> <p><strong>Featuring:</strong><br> Yukiko Ushida, Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University<br> Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Greater Good Science Center<br> Wendy Mendes, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco<br> Michael Bond, Cross-cultural Social Psychologist</p> Yukiko Ushida, Dacher Keltner, Wendy Mendes, Michael Bond, predictions, COVID-19, coronavirus, wisdom, forecast, society, cultural change, worldaftercovid, wac2020, political conflict, mistrust, social inequality, authoritarianism, economic hardship, loneliness, educational inequality, career disruptions, pessimism, despair, intimate relations, irrationality, autobiographical memory, prosocial behavior, trust, togetherness, political engagement, structural change, shared humanity, gratitude, resilience, nature, hope, optimism, critical thinking, work-life balance, science interest, care for elders, long-term orientation, social support, connectedness, sympathy, compassion, self-distancing, bipartisanship, political cooperation, perspective-taking, acknowledge uncertainty, social awareness, patience, intellectual humility, agency, control, follow rules, improved communication, solidarity What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic?

Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of what's important, living in the moment, social connectedness, and shared humanity in the midst of the pandemic.

Featuring:
Yukiko Ushida, Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Greater Good Science Center
Wendy Mendes, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco
Michael Bond, Cross-cultural Social Psychologist

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Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of what's important, living in the moment, social connectedness, and shared humanity in the midst of the pandemic.

Featuring:
Yukiko Ushida, Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Greater Good Science Center
Wendy Mendes, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco
Michael Bond, Cross-cultural Social Psychologist

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