William von Hippel - The Social Leap

00:00 | Trailer
02:16 | Brian’s thoughts on the episode
03:23 | Brian’s introduction
03:54 | Bill’s impression of London and what he observes socially of the British
05:00 | Introducing the story of Bill’s book The Social Leap and linking it to the ethos of London Real
09:12 | Why Bill wrote the book and why it begins 7 million years ago
25:50 | When our brain growth and capacity increased rapidly and the NOTCH2NL gene is put to use
27:52 | Why tribalism develops as we evolve from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens and how it affects us today
31:19 | Our traits, attitudes and preferences are fifty percent from our genes and 50 percent through our experience
33:44 | How quickly we revert to tribalism
36:33 | Why we gossip, engage in storytelling and lying
47:22 | Reproduction is the currency of evolution
49:43 | What a female looks for in a future mate and why
53:55 | We are a serial monogamy species
57:21 | Women usually choose a risk taker and male behaviour is guided by female preference
59:46 | How current evolution is affecting our choosing mechanism, population size and distribution
1:04:06 | In one hundred thousand years-time there may no longer be male and female roles
1:05:17 | What evolution teaches us about leadership
1:09:00 | The elephant and baboon world leaders
1:13:58 | The waxing and waning of individualism within societies
1:17:24 | The paralysing effect on people of modern high connectivity, except for Donald Trump’s supporters
1:24:02 | Take risks, there are two types of sin in this world, commission or omission
1:32:13 | As we age our priorities change
1:38:43 | What can be done about modern day tribalism
1:40:41 | Bill’s prognosis for environmental evolution
1:45:13 | The 10 building blocks that make on average a happy life … stay present
1:49:23 | Food, friends and sexual relationships
1:50:34 | Bill agrees that “We shouldn’t search for happiness we should search for meaning”
1:52:10 | What is Bill’s superpower
1:53:04 | How people can be better story tellers
1:55:12 | The best and worst days of his life
1:57:05 | What scares Bill
1:58:46 | What he does for fun
1:59:40 | What keeps him awake at night
2:00:12 | What will he be doing in ten years
2:01:38 | What it is like for him to be living in Australia
2:03:25 | Phone call to the twenty-five years old Bill
2:04:35 | Best advice he ever received
2:05:46 | Success secrets
2:06:43 | Advice to the young person listening
2:09:07 | Brian’s summing up.