Why people recommend it
The Social Leap by William von Hippel is a popular science book exploring human evolutionary history, social behavior, and how our psychological traits adapted from the grasslands to modern civilization. Steven Bartlett praised Dr. William von Hippel's previous book towards the end of an episode on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, calling it an extraordinary and smash-hit publication. On Modern Wisdom, Rob Henderson mentioned research discussed in William von Hippel's book regarding envy and sabotage among friends, particularly analyzing situations where a peer performs better on a task perceived as socially important. The host of Modern Wisdom, Chris Williamson, also mentioned the author and his book to listeners familiar with previous episodes, relating the core concepts to broader discussions on human civilization. Furthermore, Joe Rogan discussed William von Hippel's evolutionary framework on The Joe Rogan Experience with guest Eric Weinstein, focusing on the specific traits that made early human beings successful when they descended from the trees, organized into groups, and began walking and working collectively across open grasslands.
Who recommended it
- Steven Bartlett Discussed
- Rob Henderson Discussed
- Chris Williamson Discussed
- Joe Rogan Discussed
Steven Bartlett — 1 mention
“your first book here called the social leap was a Smash Hit and it's an extraordinary book”
Rob Henderson — 1 mention
“uh i i know that uh william von hippel he writes about this in his book um basically what they did was they had they brought in groups like pairs pairs of people into the lab and had to play a game”
Chris Williamson — 1 mention
“so to interject that some of the listeners familiar with previous episodes will know William von Hippel who wrote the social leap”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“I had William von Hippel on a couple days ago and he's the author of the social leap and we were actually talking about this about one of the things that made human being successful as we came down from the trees and started walking around the grasslands is our ability to organize and to work and coordinate together”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Codes of the underworld
- Collision of Wills
- Meditations on Violence
- Sapiens
- The Goodness Paradox
- The Power of Bad
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Dr William Von hipple is the world-renowned evolutionary psychologist who has spent decades studying and finding the answers to how instincts that once helped our ancestors survive still drive us today often in ways we don't even realize”
“and so that's really the focus of this of my second book is so I'll tell you how I got there how's that”
“very fortunately we've managed to find a slot in Bill's book to which he's currently undergoing in America and I managed to sit down with him to go through his new book the social leap”
“so at this point I'm the easiest way to find me is simply the Google bill or william von Hippel vo nhi ppl my book the social leap is available now in the States and will be available soon in the UK”
“um the social leap yes”
“totally my decision I can't wait to read your book excellent up for everybody it's available right now assumption deep go get it”