The Social Paradox: Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness

A Next Big Idea Club Must Read of February 2025

"Von Hippel presents a radically new way to understand why human happiness has diminished. What’s more, he offers superlative advice for how to get back on track.” —Sonja Lyubomirsky, New York Times bestselling author of The How of Happiness

From the author of The Social Leap comes this thought-provoking exploration into humans’ two core evolutionary needs, for connection and autonomy, how the modern world has thrown them out of whack, and how w...