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Toward a life of meaning: In conversation with UC Berkeley professor Dacher Keltner

From The Daily Californian | January 24, 2020

Somewhere inside us all is a yearning to lead a life that is productive and meaningful. But placing goodness at the center of our human existence often seems like naive idealism for most of us as we try to survive in society. It feels even more impractical as we attempt to navigate the inequalities, discrimination and self-serving interests of leaders and corporations around us in our adult lives.

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― Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill