Small Potatoes

Your followers might hate you

[This is a reposting of something I wrote just when I started Small Potatoes. I’ve substantially edited and revised it, but kept some of the old-timey…

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November 2025

Wokeness and effective altruism

Birds of a feather

Nov 24 • 

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Larry Summers; Olivia Nuzzi; Pluribus

Podcast with Robert Wright

Nov 21 • 

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Viewpoint diversity and its limits

Affirmative action for iconoclasts?

Nov 17 • 

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Would you still love me if I was a worm?

An investigation

Nov 10 • 

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Gatekeepers, antisemitism, and the greatest World Series ever

Podcast with Robert Wright

Nov 5 • 

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Five recommendations

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Nov 3 • 

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October 2025

Are women unsuited for the pursuit of truth?

Yes. But so are men.

Oct 27 • 

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If you're so smart

What psychologists fail at—and where we shine

Oct 20 • 

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Does anyone want to buy Small Potatoes for $150 Million?

Podcast with Robert Wright

Oct 13 • 

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Empty threats

How to be taken seriously

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025

Has sexual desire been reprogrammed by the internet?

My opening statement at the Substack sex debate

Sep 29 • 

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