Small Potatoes

A lot of developmental psychology isn't worth doing

A complaint about my field

Apr 8 • Paul Bloom

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March 2026

28 Days Later

Three surprises from my first month with a newborn

Mar 30 • Paul Bloom

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"Nobody can touch you without your consent"

Some exceptions and why they matter

Mar 20 • Paul Bloom

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Small Potato

Some personal news

Mar 9 • Paul Bloom

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Nobody finishes reading my books

Or anyone else's either

Mar 5 • Paul Bloom

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February 2026

Reading other people's mail

Should we be ashamed?

Feb 23

60

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The AI Apocalypse Cometh?

Podcast with Robert Wright

Feb 18 • Paul Bloom

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Assistant to the Regional Manager

The problem with utopia

Feb 9 • Paul Bloom

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Moltbook, mansplaining, and how we ended up in the Epstein files

Podcast with Robert Wright

Feb 4 • Paul Bloom

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January 2026

Is there a God-shaped hole?

New findings about the appetite for transcendence

Jan 20 • Paul Bloom

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60

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Rosebud

Podcast with Robert Wright

Jan 13 • Paul Bloom

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19 pieces of teaching advice

Because it's a new semester

Jan 7 • Paul Bloom

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