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4 February 2023

Dacher Keltner Q&A: “I’m not wired for happiness”

The Berkeley psychologist on growing up in Laurel Canyon in the Sixties and why you should do your homework.

By New Statesman

Dacher Keltner was born in Mexico in 1962 and is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. An expert on the function of emotions in relationships, he was a consultant for the Pixar film Inside Out.

Camping by the Pacific Ocean in Central California with my dad and brother, Rolf. We faded into the foggy night in sleeping bags in the sand dunes and drifted into the soggy, soft darkness.

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