# The social animal

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: David Brooks
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_brooks_the_social_animal)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences -- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows how you can't hope to understand humans as separate individuals making choices based on their conscious awareness.

## Lectures

1. [The social animal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_brooks_the_social_animal/791b99a8f18c), 19 min (TED's player)