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Why aren't we more compassionate?

Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence," asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.

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Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence," asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Daniel Goleman, psychologist and award-winning author of Emotional Intelligence and other books on EI, challenges traditional measures of intelligence as a predictor of life success.