Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-02-17
Books mentioned on Behavioural Psychologist: We're Not Having Enough Sex! Fat Makes You Attractive & The Poorer You Are The Friendlier You Are!
Are we fighting against our own biology? Dr Bill von Hippel reveals how evolutionary psychology impacts love, success, and happiness.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins is a book that explores the relationship between science and poetry, arguing that scientific understanding enhances rather than diminishes the beauty and wonder of the natural world.
Discussed“and I'm a pointless small Cog in a big machine but it's all I've got and so you know Richard Dawkins and unweaving the rainbow says we're the lucky ones because we're going to get to die now”
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The Social Leap
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.
Discussed“your first book here called the social leap was a Smash Hit and it's an extraordinary book”
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The Social Paradox
The Social Paradox by William von Hippel is a thought-provoking exploration of human social behavior and evolutionary psychology.
Recommended“it's called the social paradox when finding what you want means losing what you need by William Von hippo”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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”
“I was sat here um yesterday with the wonderful gentleman who I'm a big fan of called Robert Green who wrote the book about power mhm 48 Laws of Power”