Blueprint: New Book by Yale Sociologist Nicholas Christakis Says Humans are Hardwired for Goodness

A Yale social scientist makes the case for why he believes humans are evolutionarily wired to be good.  We’ll discuss his new book "Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society."

(This program is a re-broadcast. It originally aired on 4/25/19).

Nicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering, Yale University; author, sociologist, physician

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