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Buying lottery tickets makes sense
Some speculations about fantasy, anticipation, dread, and the shortage of scarcity
Oct 20
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Can chatbots cure loneliness?
Podcast with Robert Wright
Oct 16
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Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?
My Chronicle op-ed, and an invitation to critics
Oct 5
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What I wish I’d said in my TED talk
My 2026 TED Talk on AI companions and loneliness was just released.
Sep 30
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Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students
[Originally posted last September; I’m posting it again with minor edits because it’s a new academic year.]
Sep 24
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Kids These Days, Part II
More about smartphones, bans, and the good life
Sep 14
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Is AI a form of life?
Podcast with Robert Wright
Sep 7
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Do doomers believe what they say?
A test
Sep 6
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