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Review: Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder – Dacher Keltner
(Allen Lane)
Arnold Schwarzenegger recently made the claim that climate change has an image
problem. He railed against what he thinks is an overemphasis on degrowth and
bad optics:
As long as they keep talking about global climate change, they are not gonna
go anywhere. ‘Cause no one gives a s*** about that. So my thing is, let’s go
and rephrase this and communicate differently about it and really tell
people we’re talking about pollution. Pollution creates climate change, and
pollution kills.
Whether or not a rebranding exercise will be enough to shift perceptions is as
yet unclear. But calls to recognise the power of emotions to drive change are
becoming increasingly relevant in motivating action.
In his new book
Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder,
psychologist Dacher Keltner claims emotions like awe “unite us into something
larger than the self” and can lead to a better relationship with the natural
world.
But what exactly is awe and how can emotions help us save the planet?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
