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Every book William von Hippel recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show William von Hippel appears on, in one place — not just one.
William von Hippel’s most recommended books
- Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham
- Blueprint by Robert Plomin
- Consciousness Genesis In Artificial Intelligence by professor ibrahim elnoshokaty
- The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
- The Purpose of Reality by Steve Simpson
- Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
- Light of the Stars by Adam Frank
- Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins
William von Hippel has recommended and discussed several books on podcasts focusing on evolutionary psychology, human behavior, and science. On Modern Wisdom and The Joe Rogan Experience, he recommended Steve Simpson's The Nature of Nutrition to discuss biological research on protein as a limiting factor in appetite. He also recommended Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence when addressing the risks tied to artificial intelligence development, Robert Plomin's Blueprint to explore behavioral genetics, and Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature in the context of the historical decline of violence. In addition to these recommendations, von Hippel discussed Mario Puzo's The Godfather on Modern Wisdom to emphasize the importance of personal autonomy over parental career expectations, cited Richard Dawkins's Unweaving the Rainbow on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett while reflecting on existence, and discussed Richard Wrangham's Catching Fire on Modern Wisdom to explain the evolutionary role of cooking in shaping human brain and gut sizes.
Books recommended by William von Hippel
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Catching Fire
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham is a provocative anthropological study arguing that the harnessing of fire and the invention of cooking were the primary driving forces behind human biological and social evolution.
Discussed“so Richard Wrangham talks about that is wonderful book Catching Fire how basically in order to develop the big brain that we have that's supported by such a small gut you need to be eating a lot of me”
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Blueprint
Blueprint by Robert Plomin is a 2018 book by the behavioral geneticist that argues DNA is the primary factor shaping human psychological differences, personality traits, and life outcomes.
Recommended“so I don't know if you saw this book that Plomin just wrote called blueprint Robert Plomin he's a behavioural geneticist I haven't seen that oh it's a lovely book just came out”
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Consciousness Genesis In Artificial Intelligence
Consciousness Genesis In Artificial Intelligence by professor ibrahim elnoshokaty explores the complex emergence of awareness and cognitive systems within machine learning frameworks.
Recommended“and then if you read super intelligence with a fantastic book on on AI by Professor Nick Bostrom from the future humanities Institute of Oxford you know if there's so many different ways that we can [ __ ] this up like many from ways and it's nearly infinite”
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker is a comprehensive historical study arguing that violence has steadily declined throughout human history.
Recommended“and I actually I think Pinker's got the best answer to this question which is basically well what structures do you need to put in place to make the world a safer and less violent place and and I don't know if you've talked to him about his book better angels of our nature I know you've talked to him”
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The Purpose of Reality
The Purpose of Reality by Steve Simpson is a philosophical and scientific exploration examining the fundamental nature of existence and biological drives.
Recommended“and this is really beginning with wonderful research by Steve Simpson who's a biologist spent much of his career at Oxford and is now at Sydney University and since schon he's got a wonderful book the nature of nutrition he's shown very clearly that if you vary the protein levels in food animals will weigh over eat carbohydrates in order”
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and progress that argues humanity is living in an era of unprecedented health, prosperity, and safety.
Discussed“and that's of course the point of Pinker's newest book enlightenment now know things are going freaking great turn it anarchy”
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Light of the Stars
Light of the Stars by Adam Frank is a scientific examination of astrobiology and the potential fate of civilizations confronting climate change across the universe.
Discussed“I think I did a podcast with Professor Adam Frankie wrote light of us stars and he identified that one of the byproducts of any world girdling civilization is going to be the level of global warming that we have because you can't have the energy you need for this civilization without the byproduct of the greenhouse gases and so”
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Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha is a popular book that challenges conventional assumptions about human sexuality and monogamy.
Critiqued“have you ever read sex at dawn mmm-hmm what did you think of that um no offense but I think it's total crap”
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The Godfather
The Godfather by Mario Puzo is an iconic crime novel chronicling the Corleone mafia family, examining power, loyalty, and the American criminal underworld.
Discussed“I mean you can the author of The Godfather talks about how his mother wanted him to be a clerk in a railroad station because that's a reliable job and you'll always have you know that it's hard to fire you and you'll always have an income and you know if if he taken her advice we wouldn't have those”
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Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins is a science book that explores the relationship between scientific understanding and aesthetic wonder.
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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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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”
“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”