News & Politics
Today, we revisit a 2017 interview with Emiliana Simon-Thomas. She’s the science director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, where she co-teaches The Science of Happiness, a free, eight-week online course that “explores the roots of a happy, meaningful life.”Here, Simon-Thomas talks about how humans are a collective species that thrives on collaboration. But power and privilege, she says, can corrupt anyone — even the best, most morally guided people. The good news? There’s an antidote.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.