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#371: Psychology professor Bill von Hippel explains the evolutionary science behind how we\u2019re hardwired as humans.\nWe\u2019re wired to be social, to connect, to communicate and cooperate.\nWe\u2019re 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.\nWe\u2019re wired to feel surges of happiness that fade, so that we\u2019re intrinsically motivated to keep repeating behaviors that lead to additional surges of happiness.\nOnce 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.\nBill von Hippel is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan. He\u2019s 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.\nFor more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/shownotes\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices