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.

Links:

• Dacher Keltner | UC Psych
• Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
• Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
• Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory
• Dacher Keltner: Why Awe Is Such an Important Emotion - YouTube
• The Science of Happiness Podcast | Greater Good
• Awe as a scientific emotion - Gottlieb, Keltner, Lombrozo (2018)
• Self-Transcendent Awe as a Moral Grounding of Wisdom - Dacher Keltner, Paul K. Piff (2020)
• Awe and humility. - PubMed - NCBI - Stellar, gordon, Anderson, Piff, McNeil, Keltner (2018)
• Why Do We Feel Awe? | Greater Good
• Why Does Awe Have Prosocial Effects? New Perspectives on Awe and the Small Self - Joshua D. Perlin, Leon Li (2020)
• Awe Motivates Authentic-Self Pursuit via Self-Transcendence: Implications for Prosociality - Tonglin Jiang, Constantine Sedikides (2021)