A Is the Feeling You Have When You Encounter Vast Mysteries

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A is the feeling you have when you encounter vast mysteries that you can't make sense of with your current knowledge. Newton and Descartes, when they saw rainbows, they freaked out, they're awestruck. And then what I call saintly tendencies in this spirit of William James, that was his phrase that awe kind of makes us want to serve groups or collectives.

In this episode we sit down with psychologist Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s leading experts on the science of emotion, the man Pixar hired to help them write Inside Out. In his new book – Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life – he outlines his years of work in this field, the health benefits of awe, the evolutionary origins and likely functions, and how to better pursue more awe and wonder in your own life.