Dacher Keltner

Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Dacher Keltner is a leading expert on the psychology of awe and emotion, and author of 'Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life'.

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The Science of Awe: Has the Most Transformative Human Emotion Been Quietly Engineered Out of Modern Life — and What Happens When We Stop Feeling It?

The gig economy offered flexibility and freedom — then food delivery workers in London organized a wildcat strike via WhatsApp, and suddenly it was clear that the new economy had also quietly built a new kind of labor movement. Sasha Roseneil, Guy Standing, and Katie Wells debate whether precarious work is finally finding its political voice, or whether the structural obstacles are too large to overcome.

Jul 21, 2026