[Unedited] Jonathan Haidt + Melvin Konner with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Sociology, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Arts, Culture, On Being, Society, Society & Culture, Science, Social Sciences

4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His books include “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” and, forthcoming in 2017, “Three Stories about Capitalism: The moral psychology of economic life.” Melvin Konner is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. His books include “The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit” and “The Evolution of Childhood.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Jonathan Haidt and Melvin Konner — Capitalism and Moral Evolution: A Civil Provocation.” Find more at onbeing.org.

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0:00.0	On being is supported in part by Penguin Press, the publishers of Christopher Tippet's
0:04.2	New York Times' bestselling book, Becoming Wise, and Inquiry Into The Mystery and Art
0:08.8	of Living.
0:10.2	A grounded and fiercely hopeful vision of humanity for this century, of personal growth,
0:15.1	renewed public life, and human spiritual evolution.
0:18.7	Becoming Wise is available now, wherever books are sold.
0:22.2	I'm Christopher Tippet, and this is On Being's Unheard Cut.
0:25.5	You're listening to my unedited conversation with Jonathan Height and Melvin Conner.
0:30.4	Download the MP3 of our produced show with them at onbeeing.org.
0:34.2	Hello.
0:37.4	You know, I have to say I always say that I think PowerPoint is the death of the spoken
0:46.3	word, but I really enjoyed these PowerPoints tonight.
0:50.8	But I also have to say that we are recording this in the hopes that we may be able to broadcast
0:55.4	it.
0:56.4	So our listeners will not have seen the presentation you have seen.
0:59.2	So we may cover some of the same ground as though it is new.
1:03.6	I'm so happy to be back at the American Museum of Natural History and to be here with
1:09.0	humans in nature, the Center for Biodiversity.
1:12.6	This is our second year to be here.
1:15.6	Of course I'm delighted to be in New York City.
1:19.7	I'm very proud to be on WNYC, and I was listening to their fun drive today.
1:25.0	As many of you probably were, so I hope you're all pledging.
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