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Oliver James on What Makes Us Who We Are

Written By Royal Society of Arts on Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016 | 05:12 PM

 
Genetics is often cited as the key factor in explaining what makes us who we are. Recently, however, there is increasing weight given to the importance of our childhood in the formation of our ‘persona’. As adults we retain the ability to change, but what we learn as children is crucial and, therefore, education is key to shaping who we are individually - and our society as a whole. Oliver James explains a bold new contribution to the nature-nurture debate. Subscribe to our channel and never miss a video! Missed our last edit on Rethinking the Gender Debate? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Du9lCUu090Q Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSAEvents Like the RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg Listen to RSA podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/the_rsa See RSA Events behind the scenes: https://instagram.com/rsa_events/