What’s the Point of Happiness, Anyway?, with Dr. Bill Von Hippel

<p>371: Psychology professor Bill von Hippel explains the evolutionary science behind how we’re hardwired as humans.</p> <p>We’re wired to be social, to connect, to communicate and cooperate.</p> <p>We’re wired to want to learn and teach, to build a collective body of knowledge that stretches beyond what any single individual could ever learn in their lifetime.</p> <p>We’re wired to feel surges of happiness that fade, so that we’re intrinsically motivated to keep repeating behaviors that lead to additional surges of happiness.</p> <p>Once we understand the evolutionary science behind what makes us happy, Dr. von Hippel explains, we can apply this knowledge to making better decisions for our work, money and lives.</p> <p>Bill von Hippel is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan. He’s currently a psychology professor at the University of Queensland in Australia. He joins us to share his insights into the history and science of happiness.</p> <p>For more information, visit the show notes at <a href= "https://affordanything.com/episode371" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://affordanything.com/shownotes</a></p>