Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences — insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows how you can’t hope to understand humans as separate individuals making choices based on their conscious awareness.
David Brooks: The social animal
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David Brooks Defines The New ‘Social Animal’ : NPR
"If you mention the word love at a congressional hearing, they look at you like you’re Oprah," David Brooks says. But new research has convinced the New York Times writer that to make truly effective public policy, you have to see the emotional and social connections behind the numbers.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/07/134329412/david-brooks-defines-the-new-social-animal
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SOCIAL ANIMAL
SOCIAL ANIMAL
How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life.
by David Brooks
Copyright © 2011 by The New Yorker
Read by Johnny Heller
35 minutes
Tagged with david brooks social animal
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SOCIAL ANIMAL
SOCIAL ANIMAL
How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life.
by David Brooks
Copyright © 2011 by The New Yorker
Read by Johnny Heller
35 minutes