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Things Are Going to Get Weird
Podcast with Robert Wright
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Paul Bloom
Psychology is ok
A response to Adam Mastroianni
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Paul Bloom
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Against Utopia
A talk
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Paul Bloom
5
You MUST read this post
Two surprising discoveries about obedience
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Paul Bloom
16
Everyday Revenge
A survey
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Paul Bloom
Sydney Sweeney, Billy Joel, Jeffrey Epstein
Podcast with Robert Wright
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Paul Bloom
4
With Friends Like These
A reaction to some fellow critics of empathy
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Paul Bloom
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July 2025

Should you be friends with an AI?
Podcast with Sam Harris
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Paul Bloom
Jeffrey Epstein, MechaHitler, and other ills
Podcast with Robert Wright
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Paul Bloom
Hammer Timing
My weakness for good beginnings
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Paul Bloom
17
The End of Loneliness
Today’s post is something I wrote for the New Yorker—available here. (Physical copy coming out next week.) It’s about the consequences of using AI to…
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Paul Bloom
13
Would you still love me if I was a worm?
An investigation
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Paul Bloom
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