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This week both Google and Microsoft held conferences where they announced all the new, great AI breakthroughs, but there were a few other notable, web dev-focused pieces in between. VS Code announced it will be open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension, refactoring relevant components into its core codebase, as the next logical step “in making VS Code an open source AI editor.”Microsoft has floated a new idea called “NLWeb” to make it easier for websites to turn themselves into AI apps using an LLM model and their own data. While this sounds interesting, it's very early days yet and is not ready for prime time.A blog post from Remix creator Ryan Florence leaked earlier this week, and in it, Ryan shares that Remix v3 will move away from using React. The usual criticisms of React are present, and so Remix v3 will be completely new with a focus on a framework that's AI friendly and leveraging all the Web APIs available today. News:VS Code is open sourcing its AI chat extensionRemix's “Declaration of Independence” blog leakedAnd Microsoft introduces yet another AI standardLightning News:Satya Nadella and podcastsIntroducing Claude 4 What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Daredevil: Born Again TV seriesJack -  Baseball team Portland Pickles' Red Head Appreciation NightTJ - The Philadelphia Inquirer's summer reading listThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

This week's topics: Abortion Pill Study: A massive study reveals serious health risks linked to the abortion pill mifepristone, with adverse events 22 times higher than FDA estimates—raising ethical and philosophical concerns about privacy, safety, and the personhood of the unborn.Fathers Post-COVID: New research shows American dads are spending more time with their young kids, a trend celebrated for its relational and societal impact—challenging cultural narratives that downplay the importance of fathers.AI vs. College Grads?: A rising unemployment rate among college grads sparks debate on whether AI is replacing entry-level jobs; we discuss the need for adaptability, wisdom, and a renewed understanding of vocation.What Makes Us Happy?: After nearly a century of research, experts conclude that happiness hinges on purpose, relationships, and service—echoing timeless biblical wisdom about loving God and others.Listener Q&A: Questions on school taxes, public funding, embryo ethics, and clarify past comments about parental rights and moral obligations.==========Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees both online and on campus in Southern California. Find all episodes of Think Biblically at: https://www.biola.edu/think-biblically. Watch video episodes at: https://bit.ly/think-biblically-video. To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at thinkbiblically@biola.edu.

The tRPC team declares v11 officially production-ready. tRPC allows devs to build typesafe APIs with types that can be shared on the client and server, and now it has support for TanStack Query v5, the ability to send and receive non-JSON data content types, improved support for RSCs, and the ability to stream responses.After the Next.js security incident a few weeks back, Netlify writes an open letter around the challenges Next.js poses when not hosted on Vercel. It raises valid points like a lack of adapters, no production grade documentation for serverless deployments, no visible roadmap or release schedule, and a disregard for open web standards, among others.Firefox is finally adding support for progressive web apps (PWAs), but its web app support will intentionally not look, feel, or behave the same way similar features do in other browsers.News:Paige - tRPC v11Jack - Firefox will support PWAs (finally)TJ - Next.js Netlify deployment dramaBonus News:Styled-components enter maintenance modeNew Bare JS runtimeWindsurf and Netlify partnership (and docs on the feature)What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Squeeze Me novelJack - Pickup Music siteTJ - Mario Kart WorldThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

Are we fighting against our own biology? Dr Bill von Hippel reveals how evolutionary psychology impacts love, success, and happiness.   Dr Bill von Hippel is a renowned social psychologist, evolutionary specialist, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. He is the author of books such as, ‘The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy'.  In this conversation, Dr Bill and Steven discuss topics such as, why high-achieving women struggle to find love, the top trait that makes you more attractive, the link between your wealth and social skills, and the future impact of falling birth rates.   00:00 Intro 02:21 What Does Dr. Von Hippel Do? 05:35 What Are We Getting Wrong as a Species? 09:01 Were Our Ancestors Happier Than Us? 12:45 Are We Forgetting to Be Grateful? 15:10 What Is the Price We Pay for Living in Cities? 17:07 Does Money Make You Happy? 18:03 What Is the Perfect Combination to Achieve Happiness? 20:56 How to Be Attractive 23:08 Why Is Humor an Attractive Trait? 24:11 Do Nice Guys Finish Last? 24:55 What Makes a Woman Attractive? 26:10 Is Attraction an Evolutionary or Social Construct? 27:22 Do Men Care If Women Are Rich? 29:09 Evolution and Homosexuality 31:40 The Economic Mismatch in Finding a Partner 34:52 What Tinder Tells Us About Matchmaking 37:06 What Are Dating Apps Like for Women? 39:59 What Is Pornography Doing to Us? 43:19 Are Populations Declining? 46:24 Are We at Risk of Extinction Due to Lack of Sex? 46:56 How Bill Would Encourage People to Have Children Again 49:11 Robots Raising Our Kids 52:44 Robot Experiments on Monkeys 53:27 Marriage and Happiness 56:33 Ads 57:28 Is There an Evolutionary Basis for ADHD and Neurodivergence? 59:57 Will There Be Less Neurodivergence With AI Development? 1:00:17 Will We Merge With Technology? 1:01:19 What Is the Evolutionary Basis for Depression and Anxiety? 1:02:53 Religion and Its Effect on Happiness 1:05:56 Why Do We Want to Believe in Something? 1:06:58 What Is the Meaning of Life? 1:10:07 How We Band Together in Tough Times Against Others 1:11:54 What Bill Knows About Power in Evolutionary Terms 1:12:53 What Is Powerful Body Language? 1:14:29 What Designer Brands Say About You 1:15:18 What Bill Learned About the Hadza Tribe and Living a Happy Life 1:17:06 Who Needs Each Other More, Men or Women? 1:19:06 Are We Meant to Be Monogamous? 1:20:22 Is Cheating Natural? 1:26:12 Ads 1:28:12 What's the Problem With Money? 1:30:53 The Benefits of Doing These 5 Things 1:34:04 What Is the Cost? 1:38:38 New Findings on Exercise and Unhealthy Habits 1:43:45 Do We All Need the Same Amount of Sleep? 1:48:44 Coffee's Impact on Our Bodies 1:49:12 How Can We Be More Social? 1:51:43 How Would You Save Humanity? Follow Dr Bill:  Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/aLJcqJMR0Qb  Twitter - https://x.com/BillvonHippel  You can pre-order Dr Bill's book, ‘The Social Paradox: Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness', here: https://g2ul0.app.link/pRZgxqRR0Qb  Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes  My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACBook  You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb  Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Shopify - https://shopify.com/bartlett WHOOP - https://JOIN.WHOOP.COM/CEO PerfectTed - https://www.perfectted.com with code DIARY40 for 40% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the team behind JavaScript runtime Bun drops some major updates into Bun 1.2. Bun introduces a built-in S3 storage API, a built-in Postgres client (with MySQL coming soon), 90% compatibility with Node.js, and it's faster than ever before.Tailwind CSS v4 is out as well, and it boasts a new higher performance engine for 5x faster full builds, support for cutting edge CSS features like cascade layers, custom properties, and container queries, a simplified initial install and config to get going, and a first-party Vite plugin.And React Scan, built by Aiden Bai who also built Million.js, is also out this week with v0.1. Install React Scan into any React app and it will auto detect performance issues due to excessive re-rendering, and highlight the components causing the issues.News:Paige - Tailwind CSS v4.0Jack - React Scan 0.1 (aka Million.js)TJ - Bun 1.2Bonus News:StargateOpenAI's new Operator AI agent can do things on the web for youFire Starters:Link to text fragments with #:~:text=What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Puzzles (like the ones from Buffalo Games)Jack - Klipsch G-17 air wireless speakerTJ - Not So Super, AppleThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire and BlueSky.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com

In our last news episode of the year, we share that React 19 is declared stable, just in time for the holidays. It's been a long road from release candidate in April to stability now, but it was well worth the wait. React 19 is packing a lot of features, including: Actions, hooks, form actions, the new use API, and of course, React Server Components and Server Actions.OpenAI's been busy as well, introducing ChatGPT Pro, its $200 a month subscription for unlimited access to OpenAI o1 (the “reasoning model), GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice mode. Additionally, the startup announced the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code in a handful of developer-focused coding apps, like VS Code, XCode, Terminal, and iTerm2.There's a new challenger to Figma for styling React-based code bases called Onlook. Onlook is a browser-based product studio that lets you design React code with Tailwind CSS using an easy-to-use interface just like you would in Figma.News:Paige - Onlook, the power Figma in your React appJack - React 19 is stableTJ - OpenAI announcements: ChatGPT Pro and Work With AppsBonus News:Quantum Computing Inches Closer to RealityiOS 18.2 and Apple IntelligenceFire Starters:Customizable Selects (Wes Bos video)What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Black Doves TV series and The Midnight Feast bookJack - Seestar-S50 All-in-one smart telescopeTJ - Christmas Village in Grand Rapids, MIThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire and BlueSky.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com

In the new frameworks based on React, we introduce you to One. It is a Vite-powered project claiming to support React web apps and React Native apps all in one.Next, Host Jack Herrington shares an update on how Astro's Server Islands work after trying them out for himself. Similar to React's Suspense components, Astro's Server Islands allow any component that relies on server data to render with a “fallback” (like a loader or skeleton component) in the browser until the data is returned and the full HTML can render.And as we cannot go a week without talking about the latest WordPress and WP Engine drama (listen to our last 3 episodes for full details), the latest kerfuffle involves WordPress seizing control of one of WP Engine's most popular plugins hosted on the WordPress Plugin Directory and pushing a forked version of the plugin that WordPress is in control of under the same name.News:Paige - One, the new React framework built on ViteJack - Astro Server Islands (take 2)TJ - WordPress starts taking over WP Engine pluginsBonus News:Google inks nuclear deal for next-generation reactorsExpress 5 and Zustand 5Fire Starters:What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Trying new things: like a voiceover workshopJack - Hue smart plugsTJ - Only Murders in the Building season 4Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire and BlueSky.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com

WP Engine is taking Automattic and Matt Mullenweg to court. The complaints are numerous and juicy: extortion, libel, slander, and include screenshots of text messages, tweets, and emails that look pretty damning against Automattic. The whole story has “Made for TV documentary” written all over it.In slightly less controversial news, React 19 has renamed its Server Actions to Server Functions. This name change brings React's server functions more in line with other frameworks who support the same sort of functionality like SolidJS, Astro, TanStack Start, and others.Also in a follow up from the last episode where we talked about a new addition to the Web Components world allowing for web components with SSR via the Declarative Shadow DOM, a good number of JavaScript framework creators shared their misgivings about the creation of Web Components. Ryan Carniato and Rich Harris were two of the most vocal, and basically said WCs have made their work writing frameworks harder, not easier, and WCs are not the future.News:Paige - Web components are not the future according to JS framework authors Ryan Carniato (Solid JS) and Rich Harris (Svelte JS)Jack - Server Actions become Server Functions in React 19TJ - Wordpress vs. WP Engine drama continuesBonus News:OpenAI raises $6.6 billionWaymo is coming to Austin and AtlantaFire Starters:What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - The Tourist seriesJack - The Wild Robot movieTJ - Adafruit sensorsThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire and BlueSky.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com

Kicking off the discussion is the release of Vue 3.5. Although it's not a major release, Vue 3.5 packs some great new features and optimizations like: reactivity system improvements (up to 56% less memory usage for apps than before), reactive prop destructuring stabilization (it's simpler to declare props with default values), and SSR improvements like lazy hydration for async components.RedwoodJS is also out with a new version, and 8.0 packs a wallop. It makes RedwoodJS the third framework to support React Server Components behind Next.js and Waku.The shadcn CLI has gotten an update as well where it can spin up a brand new Next.js app with shadcn and Tailwind configured and ready to go. Additionally, shadcn has integrated more tightly with Vercel's v0 AI code generator, and now every shadcn component is editable on v0, so users can customize the components in natural language and paste it into their apps afterwards. Pretty amazing!The TC39 Committee responsible for evaluating what new features get added to the JavaScript language has added a new intermediate step for proposals: step 2.7. By the time new proposals reach step 3, they must already have full test suites to support their implementation, and if, for any reason, they must go back to step 2 to rethink things, a lot of that work can be for naught.News:Paige - Vue 3.5 is outJack - RedwoodJS 8.0 and shadcn CLI updatesTJ - JavaScript Standard Gets an Extra StageList of ECMAScript proposals on GitHubBonus News:Laravel raises $57 million series ASSR benchmark wars update (author Matteo is the Fastify lead maintainer)What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - House of the Dragon season 2Jack - Raspberry Pi TJ - Linkin Park is back!Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fire

We've got a good show for you today! It's chock full of new build tools, better date handling in JavaScript, and SSR benchmarks to prove which framework is truly the fastest.The rust-ification of JavaScript build tools continues, as next generation build tool Rspack hits v1 and claims it's ready for primetime. Rspack boasts (almost) complete compatibility with the webpack API while also being 10x faster.JS dates are about to be fixed thanks to the new Temporal API proposal, which is currently in stage 3 of the TC39 process of adding new features to the JavaScript language.A new benchmark war has erupted online: this time benchmarking which JavaScript SSR frameworks are the fastest. Benchmarking results are dubious at best because everyone's application is different, and has different requirements, but this one got a lot of heat due to the author using an LLM to generate the code to run in these different frameworks (React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Fastify, etc). Finally, the CSS Survey 2024 is out now! Fill it out, be amazed at how much more there is to CSS than you previously thought, and write in Front-end Fire in the podcast section of the survey if you like our show. We greatly appreciate it!News:Paige - Rspack v1.0Jack - The SSR benchmark wars of 2024 beginTJ - Temporal Dates Coming to JavaScript and temporal polyfillBonus News:CSS Survey 2024 — write in Front-End Fire!What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Photoroom photo editing appJack - 1password password managerTJ - Bench power supplyThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fire

Popular web framework Astro is making lots of headlines this week, between new experimental feature Server Islands, and achieving “official deployment partner” status with Netlify, it's been a whirlwind.But in addition to Astro's big news, Expo, arguably the most popular framework for building React Native apps, has been endorsed by the React Native team as the recommended way to build apps.Also, Vitest 2.0, the fastest growing test framework, has introduced a new experimental feature called “Browser Mode”, which allows users to run tests in the browser natively, providing access to browser globals like window and document.Now back to Astro. In 2021, Astro made island architecture a mainstream idea, and Server Islands takes it a step further, making it easy to combine high performance static HTML and dynamic-server generated components.And the Astro announcements kept coming with Netlify being declared Astro's official deployment partner. Netlify's betting on Astro and Server Islands, and will be sponsoring the Astro team with $12,500 each month to keep improving the framework and OSS community. Well done, Astro team!News:Paige - Expo is the recommended way to build React Native appsJack - Astro 4.12 Server Islands and Astro server-islands demo siteTJ - Netlify is Astro's “Official Deployment Partner”Bonus news:https://vitest.dev/guide/browser/What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Grafana dashboardsJack - Public speakingTJ - Mammoth Cave National ParkThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fire

Friend of the podcast (and previous guest host), Jason Lengstorf, joins Jack and Paige today to talk about the latest happenings in the web dev world - and wax poetic at the end about favorite restaurants and fine dining.First up, is AI model runner ONNX, which Jack's been digging into recently. ONNX offers many pre-trained models which can run locally or in the browser and integrates well with many different programming languages.After that is new Lodash library competitor es-toolkit. It's smaller, faster, relies heavily on native browser APIs, and wants to supplant Lodash for all those useful helper functions so many JS apps still rely heavily on.Then there's a new React project framework named react-server that claims to be the easiest way to build React apps with server-side rendering.Finally, Jason shares his experience with full stack JavaScript SDK Vinxi, which makes it easy for devs to build JavaScript apps and even frameworks.News:Paige - es-toolkit and what's next for ESLint Jack - ONNX (Open Neural Network Exchange) AI model runner and React ServerJason - Vinxi · Dev Agrawal on LWJ teaching Vinxi · Nikhil on Vinxi at ViteConfSpecial Guest:Jason Lengstorf, host of Learn with Jason and developer-focused media consultant.Jason's X profile @jlengstorfJason's YouTube channelLearn with Jason siteJason's link tree (jason.energy/links)What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - The Bear TV seriesJack - Inside Out 2 movieJason - Chef movie and The Chef ShowThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fire

On this episode of Front-End Fire we welcomed special guest Jason Lengstorf to chat about the news with us. We opened with a follow-up discussion of the let versus const debate from last week. Jack made a video (see below for link), and we had a bit of fun talking about the controversy.After that we introduced Effect, a library that dubs itself the missing standard library for TypeScript. Effect just had its first stable release, so we discussed what the library does, what sort of apps it works well in, and how in the world they raised over 2 million dollars in VC money.Finally, Jason walked us through his latest creative venture: 4 Web Devs 1 App. The concept, as the name implies, is getting four web developers together to build apps using the same technology. The behind the scenes though involves a full production team, over four terrabytes of files per video, and a ton of logistics.News:Jack - const vs. letTJ - Effect 3.0Jason - 4 Web Devs 1 AppSpecial Guest: Jason Lengstorf host of Learn with Jason and developer-focused media consultant.Jason's X profile @jlengstorfJason's YouTube channelLearn with Jason siteJason's link tree (jason.energy/links)What Makes Us Happy this Week:Jack - LightroomTJ - Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two yearsJason - Node.jsThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fire

Could drinking water make you smarter? Actually no one is really sure, but it does seem to be so. This episode begins by explaining how we know this is true and what some possible explanations might be. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/minding-the-body/201205/can-sipping-water-make-you-smarter# Humans are strange creatures who act in weird ways. For example, we often compare ourselves to others. We exaggerate our stories to make us look better. And we do unusual things to make ourselves happy. All of this makes you wonder – why? Joining me with some fascinating explanations is William Von Hippel, a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia and author of the book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come from, and What Makes Us Happy (https://amzn.to/3pVYaCZ ). From the time you were little it has been drilled into your head to take care of your teeth and mouth by brushing and flossing every day. While that's a good start, it may not be enough according to dentist Dr. Kami Hoss, who sits on the Board of Counselors at the UCLA School of Dentistry and is the CEO of The Super Dentists (https://www.thesuperdentists.com) and he is author of the book If Your Mouth Could Talk (https://amzn.to/3MGtU8V) . Listen as Dr. Hoss reveals how your oral health can have a significant impact on your physical and mental health. You have probably heard of the 7-year itch. It's the theory that at around the 7th year of a marriage or romantic relationship things can start to fall apart. Is it a real thing? Maybe. But it often doesn't take 7 years. Listen as I reveal some interesting insight.. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seven-year-itch-now-down-to-three-years-why/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING We love the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast! https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast Go to https://uscellular.com/TryUS and download the USCellular TryUS app to get 30 days of FREE service! Keep you current phone, carrier & number while testing a new network. Try us out and make your switch with confidence! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at https://NerdWallet.com TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell TechFest starts now! To thank you for 40 unforgettable years, Dell Technologies is celebrating with anniversary savings on their most popular tech. Shop at https://Del.com/deals to access great deals on leading-edge technology & free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doug sits down with William von Hippel, author of The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy.

How can something so complex and far-reaching as marriage could be invented and so widely adopted? To begin to answer that question, Peter McGraw speaks to Bill Von Hippel, the author of The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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--On the Show: --Bill von Hippel, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland and author of the book "The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy," joins David to discuss how humans became modern, our history, future, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3uYHgFD --Republican Senator Josh Hawley has to backtrack on his initial definition of "woman" when he is confronted about it, confirming it's not as simple a premise as some Republicans would like to make it out to be --Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene might end up getting people killed with her dangerous, conspiratorial rhetoric --Reporters will not stop asking Joe Biden's White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki absurd questions, including about Ukraine, and separately, about Hunter Biden --MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell is served with a lawsuit by former Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer, and it's caught on video --2022 Democratic House candidate Charles Graham, running in North Carolina, features David in a campaign ad --The Eggman leaves a high energy voicemail about David's recent interview with Florida Republican Congressional candidate Darlene Swaffar --On the Bonus Show: David's stories from Las Vegas, his flights and travel, and much more

Bill von Hippel (@billvonhippel) is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland and the author of The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy. What We Discuss with Bill von Hippel: What our eyes tell us about how humans evolved to cooperate with one another. How a psychological phenomenon called the theory of mind makes us aware that mental states of others don't match our own, and why this trait gives human beings a unique advantage in the animal kingdom. Why hunter-gatherer societies are more egalitarian than what we see in modern Western civilization. Why so many of us hate the way we look in photographs. Can animals lie? And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/637 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Miss the conversation we had with scambuster Coffeezilla? Catch up with episode 368: Coffeezilla | How to Expose Fake Guru Scams here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Can simply drinking water make you smarter? Apparently so, at least for a little while. While no one is exactly sure why, I begin this episode by explaining how we know it is true and some of the theories for what causes it to happen. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/minding-the-body/201205/can-sipping-water-make-you-smarter We humans engage in some strange behaviors. We constantly compare ourselves to others. We tend to exaggerate our stories and the strangest things can make us happy. Why do we do these and other seemingly odd behaviors? Here to explain is William Von Hippel, a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia and author of the book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come from, and What Makes Us Happy (https://amzn.to/3pVYaCZ ). You probably take care to brush your teeth everyday and maybe floss once in a while - but is that enough? Not according to dentist Dr. Kami Hoss, who sits on the Board of Counselors at the UCLA School of Dentistry and is the CEO of The Super Dentists (https://www.thesuperdentists.com) and he is author of the book If Your Mouth Could Talk (https://amzn.to/3MGtU8V) . Listen as Dr. Hoss explains how the way you care for your mouth can have a significant impact on your physical and mental health. The 7-year itch is the theory that at around the 7 year mark, a romantic relationship can start to falter. Is it a real thing? Sort of. But it usually doesn't take 7 years. I begin this episode with some interesting insight into that. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seven-year-itch-now-down-to-three-years-why/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! We really like The Jordan Harbinger Show! Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen!  Listen to WeCrashed on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts, or the Wondery app. Check out Squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you're ready, go to https://squarespace.com/SOMETHING to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. M1 Finance is a sleek, fully integrated financial platform that lets you manage your cash flow with a few taps and it's free to start. Head to https://m1finance.com/something to get started!  To see the all new Lexus NX and to discover everything it was designed to do for you, visit https://Lexus.com/NX Use SheetzGo on the Sheetz app! Just open the app, scan your snacks, tap your payment method and go!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode I welcome one of my closest friends, Dr. Carlos Gomez, a psychologist in Miami, Florida. Join us as we discuss what the psychological research has to say about happiness. SPOILER: it doesn't come from success, how much money you have, or how many trips you take to Disney World. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmariosacasa/ Instagram: … Continue reading "081 – Dr. Carlos Gomez on What Makes Us Happy?"

This week our guest is William Von Hippel, a social psychologist who teaches at the University of Queensland in Australia, and author of the 2018 novel, the Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy. We explore how the challenges of our evolutionary past shaped many of the most fundamental aspects of our behavior in the modern day, traversing a journey from several million years ago to the present day. Along the way we touch heavily on many topics, including, but certainly not limited to, our evolutionary mismatch with the modern environment, why humans innovate the way we do, and different leadership styles that are rooted in evolutionary responses to hierarchy. Want to learn more about our podcasts and become a part of the community? Join here! Host: Steven Parton // Music by: Amine el Filali

From the episode:"If you ever go into the bookstore and realize Tonia is in this bookstore, there's three sections you will fine me in: One is the notebook section, because I keep buying notebooks. The second section is the main section I'll be in, which is the self help section. I'm obsessed with self-help. The third section is the new age section." - Tonia McIntosh"Tonia doesn't use notebooks. If there is anything I could succeed at, it might be to get Tonia to just write things down in her phone or a notebook, or really anywhere." - Brandy Little"I devour books." - Tonia McIntosh"The heart of it is beautiful and the heart of it is real, and that's really all that matters at the end of the day." - Tonia McIntosh"You have to embrace the parts of yourself that are harder to love. You have to love yourself holistically, like as a whole being. You have to love all the parts of yourself. So, you can't just be like, 'I love this and this about me, but this and this, these parts of myself I hate, or I'm not even going to acknowledge these parts of myself.'" - Tonia McIntosh"There's intent and actual outcome. My intention is best, but is the result also going to match that intention?" - Brandy Little"Everything you do is a trade off - When you say yes to something, you're saying no to something. When you're focusing on something, you're not focusing on something else." - Brandy Little"Everything really just comes down to what you're maximizing, but there's usually some sort of costs involved, and so you have to figure out what matters most to you." - Brandy Little"There's certain places where you can shine the light, but if you're shining the light on these areas, then there's going to be a shadow and in different places, because a light breaks." - Tonia McIntosh"Light and dark are kind of two sides of the same coin." - Tonia McIntosh"The goal is to get to a point where you're just fully loving of all parts of yourself and embrace them as they show up and in whatever manner that they show up." - Tonia McIntosh"Love yourself as a caterpillar - you don't have to wait until you're a butterfly to love yourself." - Brandy Little "It really is about the journey and not the end points." - Brandy Little"Light and darkness is a spectrum." - Tonia McIntosh"We're all capable of casting light and we're all capable of casting a shadow, because that's what it is to be fully human." - Tonia McIntosh"Sometimes you have to make a loving choice for yourself and it ends up hurting people. Sometimes you have to make those kinds of hard decisions." = Tonia McIntosh"Sometimes our actions create shadow." - Tonia McIntosh "It's also worth recognizing not just the shadow within yourself, but the shadow in others, and try to make space for those people. But also, forgive yourself for the space that you can't hold for someone." - Brandy Little "Wow! How interesting this shadow episode got dark?" - Tonia McIntosh"You have to know your own boundaries, what you're capable of, and what kind of space you're capable of holding for someone." - Brandy Little"Knowing your boundaries is really important, because then you know how much you can give and when you have given all that you can." - Brandy Little"Maybe the shadow is everything that is behind us." - Tonia Mcintosh"I think we have like five or six different definitions of the shadow self." - Brandy Little"I know we don't like to talk about dark things that much, but there's value in it. If it were a book, we wouldn't be in that section." - Tonia McIntosh"We can't ignore all the parts." - Brandy Little Books MentionedThe Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy | https://amzn.to/3sR1myMCrime & Punishment | https://amzn.to/3rqEINpQuotes Mentioned"I cried not so much out of a sense of loss, but from the pain that almost always comes with change, it has a sad kind of freedom." - Dolly PartonConnect MoreWebsite | https://www.listenhearter.com/  *coming soonFacebook | https://www.facebook.com/ListenHearter/instagram | https://www.instagram.com/listenhearter/Twitter | https://twitter.com/ListenHearter/YouTube | https://youtube.com/channel/UCtZ0znK-otguMViLFgb_BpQSupport MorePatreon | https://www.patreon.com/listenhearterSponsorsWe are searching for sponsors. Please contact us through Facebook if you are interested in sponsoring us. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Professor Bill von Hippel from the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, joins me to talk about the Evolution of Happiness and his book The Social Leap. Check out his latest best selling book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy.  https://www.amazon.com.au/Social-Leap-William-von-Hippel/dp/0062740393 Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information purposes only. It does not constitute as health advice and does not take the place of consulting with your primary health care practitioner. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the guest speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of Humanley, the presenter or any other entities or third parties associated with Humanley or the presenter. The right to freedom of opinion is the right to hold opinions without interference, and cannot be subject to any exception or restriction. We encourage the audience to use their critical judgement and use due diligence when interpreting the information and topics discussed in this podcast. 

If you enjoyed this episode of The Covid Tonic, check out William von Hippel's 2018 book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Social-Leap-Evolutionary-Science-Where/dp/0062740393/ William von Hippel grew up in Alaska, got his B.A. at Yale and his PhD at the University of Michigan, and then taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University before finding his way to Australia, where he is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He has published more than a hundred articles, chapters, and edited books, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Economist, the BBC, Le Monde, El Mundo, Der Spiegel, and The Australian. He lives with his wife and two children in Brisbane, Australia. Learn more: https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/3034/bill-von-hippel

We're being exhausted to no end. Emotionally drained, tormented, and flattened by orchestrated controversy. But it is still largely up to the targeted object as to whether or not it will be flattened...and tonight, we'll kick around some headlines, crack some jokes, and take some time to talk about What Makes Us Happy. Fond Memories and Happy Places. We will create a respite from the nuttiness. Proudly Sponsored by Kheyleve: All-American, All-Natural Skincare Products. Treat yourself and use promo code 'FRANKLY' for 10% off of all Non-Sale Items: https://www.kheyleve.com/ Watch the full episode here, or on BitChute: https://youtu.be/IMUDGyFYAmg Sponsor the Show: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/QuiteFrankly One-Time Gift: http://www.paypal.me/QuiteFranklyLive SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/quitefrankly BTC: 1EafWUDPHY6y6HQNBjZ4kLWzQJFnE5k9PK LTC: LRs6my7scMxpTD5j7i8WkgBgxpbjXABYXX ETH: 0x80cd26f708815003F11Bd99310a47069320641fC Episodes On Demand: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/301gcES iTunes: http://apple.co/2dMURMq SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2dTMD13 Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SMi1SF Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2tI5THI BitChute: https://bit.ly/2vNSMFq Official WebSite: http://www.QuiteFrankly.tv DISCORD Hangout: https://bit.ly/2FpkS11 Quite Frankly Subreddit: https://bit.ly/2HdvzEC Steemit: https://bit.ly/2FrNkyi Twitter: @PoliticalOrgy MINDS: @QuiteFrankly Live On: Periscope: https://bit.ly/2FmsOzQ Twitch: https://bit.ly/2TGAeB6 YouTube: https://bit.ly/2exPzj4 DLive: https://bit.ly/2PpY0k0

Professor Bill Von Hippel is a psychologist, lecturer and researcher outside of the University of Queensland. He is also the author of The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy. Professor Bill answers my questions on the “darker side” of human nature. These questions include human’s fascination with violence, gang warfare, mate guarding, lying and cheating. We also discuss why our genes don’t define our net behaviors and how we can live a successful and happy life by understanding where we came from and how we got here.

MZ dedicates this show to examining what makes us happy. With all the negativity in media today, how often do we ask this simple but important question?

William von Hippel is an author and expert in evolutionary psychology. He studied at Yale and the University of Michigan, and is now a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. His book The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy, traces our evolutionary history to show how events in our distant past continue to shape our lives today. Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://londonreal.tv/e/william-von-hippel/  

William von Hippel is an author and expert in evolutionary psychology. He studied at Yale and the University of Michigan, and is now a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. His book The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy, traces our evolutionary history to show how events in our distant past continue to shape our lives today. Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://londonreal.tv/e/william-von-hippel/

William von Hippel, Ph.D., is an expert in evolutionary psychology. His book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy, explains how we got here as humans and how we can be happier. Dr. Von Hippel got his B.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, teaching at Ohio State University for over a decade. He is currently a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. William von Hippel has published hundreds of works in social psychology, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, the BBC, and The Economist. In this episode, we discuss how the human brain evolved and how we can use this knowledge of evolutionary psychology to live better in the modern world and improve our mental health.   FitMind App: http://bit.ly/afitmind  Website: www.fitmind.co

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. William von Hippel is Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has published more than a hundred articles, chapters, and edited books in social psychology, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Economist, the BBC, Le Monde, El Mundo, Der Spiegel, and The Australian. He also recently published a book, “The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy” (2018). In this episode, we go through the main topics of Dr. von Hippel's book, The Social Leap. We compare humans with other animals. We talk about the movement from the rainforest to the savannah; the evolution of bipedality and our hands; meat, cooking, and diet; hunting, cooperative breeding, and the social brain hypothesis; alloparenting, pair-bonding and monogamy. We also refer to Christopher Ryan's book, Sex at Dawn, and the points where his thesis fails. We then go through the importance of language and culture, and gene-culture coevolution. We also talk about tribalism, the advent of agriculture, and hierarchy and economic, social and sexual inequality, and the problem with polygamic societies. Also, the mismatch between the ancestral environments we adapted to and the modern ones, and what our innate psychology tells us about what makes us happy, even in modern industrialized societies. We finish off by talking about a recently paper authored by Dr. von Hippel and Dr. David Buss, “Psychological barriers to evolutionary psychology: Ideological bias and coalitional adaptations”. Time Links: 00:56 Humans and the Great Apes 03:44 From the rainforest to the savannah 04:50 The evolution of our bipedality, and the stone-throwing hypothesis 09:51 The importance of our hands 12:35 Meat and diet 16:28 Fire and cooking 17:47 The social brain hypothesis 20:32 Large brains, prolonged development, and cooperative breeding 22:53 Alloparenting and monogamy 28:08 Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn, jealousy, polygamy and monogamy 32:40 Language and learning 35:41 Culture, and gene-culture coevolution 39:07 Tribalism and coalitional psychology 42:50 Agriculture and inequality 49:54 The mismatch between ancestral and modern environments 52:05 What makes people happy 56:40 Psychological barriers to Evolutionary Psychology 1:02:41 Follow Dr. von Hippel's work! -- Follow Dr. von Hippel's work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/yadugvvu Website: https://williamvonhippel.com/ Psychology Today blog: https://tinyurl.com/yb7487az Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/ycrabthn Joe Rogan Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dtv8ibI1vk The Social Leap: https://tinyurl.com/yct2nljn Other relevant links: Sex at Dawn: https://tinyurl.com/y7rca225 Sex at Dusk: https:/

Most people say that business isn’t personal, however if you’ve ever owned or currently run a private business, you know that statement is completely false… your business is a reflection of you and all your values. Your business and your life are inevitably intertwined. Marc Miller, Owner and Chief Happiness Officer at Imagine IT, has made happiness his life's work after experiencing a tragic family event. Even though life threw him a very challenging curveball, he is on a mission to figure out “what it takes to be happy” even if it comes from an unlikely place. If you listen, you will learn: How to keep running a business when you experience a family tragedy Four principles of happiness How to use your business to teach your values How to make happiness actionable in the workplace A Family Tragedy Over two years ago, Marc's son, Gunnar, was in a fatal accident. Gunnar had issues with substance abuse and depression, but that is not what took his life. He was over 14 months sober and wiped out on a skateboard and died. After this tragic and devastating accident, Marc wanted to do something to honor his son. He started a non-profit, The Gunnar Project. He didn't want to create another youth addiction non-profit so decided to go another route with it. “Gunnar had this unique ability to make people happy,” explains Marc. Marc decided to focus on the idea of happiness for the non-profit. The mission of the Gunnar Project is to inspire young adults and others to wake up every morning and pursue happiness.  What Makes Us Happy? Happiness is an intangible thing. It is a buzz word in our society today. Marc has read tons of books and research articles on happiness and outlines the four main principles of happiness in the podcast which can also be found on the Gunnar Project website: Healthy people find more happiness than those who are sick or unhealthy. People who learn, create, teach, grow are happier than those who are bored. People who are closely connected to others find happiness more than lonely people. People who are “good”, who have a relationship with a higher power are happier than those who are bad, who lie, cheat, and steal. Marc urges listeners to plan to intentionally do things every day that make you happy. Outline your day in the morning and avoid doing things throughout the day or talking to people that will make you crabby. Plan and choose to be happy. “The investment you have to make to be happy every day is a 3-minute investment. If you don't have 3, 4, or 5 minutes in your day to pursue happiness, you are screwed.” People may think happiness is this big thing or event. It isn't a milestone or pot at the end of the rainbow. In talking about happiness being more about the journey, not the goal, Marc says, “Happiness can be found in the little spaces in between the milestones, because that is where the action happens.”  Culture of Happiness Marc has created a culture of happiness at Imagine IT. After Gunnar died, Marc changed his title to Chief Happiness Officer to further his mission to drive happiness with everybody he meets day in and day out. Talking about happiness at work isn't a “normal” thing in most companies. Imagine IT puts happiness at the forefront and therefore have a vocabulary around the subject which makes it easier for employees to talk about happiness. Happiness is actionable within Imagine IT's culture. It is talked about in weekly

Joshua Wolf Shenk is a curator, essayist, and author, most recently, of "Powers of Two." His magazine pieces include cover stories in Harper’s, Time, and The Atlantic, where his essay "What Makes Us Happy?" was the most read article in the history of that magazine’s website. In this interview, we discuss how the essence of innovation starts in creative pairs, not solo work.

Josh Shenk - Want to be great? Then don't go at it alone. Throughout history teams of exactly 2 people have made the biggest impact - think Lennon and McCartney, Wozniak and Jobs, Orville and Wilbur Wright...the list goes on and on. But why? This week we crush the myth of the "lone genius" and learn how the best creations of all time came from people who worked in pairs. Josh Shenk, author of Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs, tells us not only why 2 is the magic number, but also how you can find your creative pair and start making history. Josh is a curator, essayist, and author. His magazine pieces include cover stories in Harper’s, Time, and The Atlantic, where his essay "What Makes Us Happy?" was the most read article in the history of that magazine’s website. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first book, Lincoln’s Melancholy, was named one of the best books of 2005 byThe New York Times, The Washington Post,and The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.. He is a curator, storyteller and advisor to The Moth; vice-chair emeritus of the board of directors, he currently serves on the general council. He is also a past director of the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College, where he curated programs and festivals and directed a small literary press. Shenk consults to the Erikson Institute for Education and Research at the Austen Riggs Center, where he directs the Erikson Prize for Mental Health Media and Arts in Mind, a conversation series on the creative arts and psychology, co-hosted by the New School in New York City. "Creativity is not about being comfortable. It's about moving from where you are to something bigger.  It's all about the encounter of disparate things." - Josh Shenk Quotes from Josh: What we learn in this episode: What characteristics make two people compatible? Why is tension good for partners creative abilities? How does conversation play a key role in creativity? Why is a pair better than a trio? Resources: Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs www.shenk.net Twitter @joshuawolfshenk -- This episode is brought to you by: 99Designs: Go to 99designs.com/SMART to get a $99 Power Pack of services for FREE today! ting: mobile that makes sense. For $25 off your first device or a $25 credit, use smartpeople.ting.com and save money on your cell phone bill today!