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We’re Born to Learn, Then We Forget | a G+ Hangout with Ellen Galinsky

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Has the age of zero-sum competition come to an end? Can we learn to recognize collaborative learning as our primary task from cradle to grave?

In this G+ hangout for Big Think Mentor, Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making, joins Big Think editor Jason Gots and Big Think Mentor members Patrick Johnson and Christian Grieco to discuss the “seven essential life skills” — the sum of decades of research into how we humans learn and thrive throughout the lifespan.

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