Nicholas Christakis: What Makes Humans Good

Nicholas A. Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. He works in the fields of network science, biosocial science, and behavior genetics. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. Dr. Christakis has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of more than 200 articles and several books, including Blueprint: Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society. In 2009, TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Robert Perkinson is a professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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