Dacher Keltner argues that, when it comes to climate activism, narratives are far more effective than data sets. As a Professor of Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, Keltner is the founding faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. The Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

Dacher Keltner is the author of Born To Be Good: The Science of A Meaningful Life and a co-editor of The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness. He was named by the Utne Reader as one of 50 visionaries for 2008.