The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – In Keltner’s study, not a single person mentioned their technology as a source of awe or how many likes and followers they have on social media. No one was awestruck by their new clothes, cars, or bank accounts. Keltner states, “Awe occurs in a realm separate from the mundane world of materialism, money, acquisition, and status signaling — a realm beyond the profane that many call the sacred.”