Description of The Social Animal Video at Harvard: Each day’s news brings new findings from the world of brain research, behavioral economics, psychology and the study of the human mind. But what do all these findings add up to? They add up to a new view of human nature and a new vision of how people succeed.

David Brooks will discuss the findings culled from brain research, behavioral economics, psychology, and the study of the human mind and how they point to an old yet new understanding of human nature and human success.