Archive - Small Potatoes

Buying lottery tickets makes sense

Some speculations about fantasy, anticipation, dread, and the shortage of scarcity

Oct 20 • Paul Bloom

Can chatbots cure loneliness?

Podcast with Robert Wright

Oct 16 • Paul Bloom

Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?

My Chronicle op-ed, and an invitation to critics

Oct 5 • Paul Bloom

September 2026

What I wish I’d said in my TED talk

My 2026 TED Talk on AI companions and loneliness was just released.

Sep 30 • Paul Bloom

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 • Paul Bloom

Kids These Days, Part II

More about smartphones, bans, and the good life

Sep 14 • Paul Bloom

Is AI a form of life?

Podcast with Robert Wright

Sep 7 • Paul Bloom

Do doomers believe what they say?

Sep 6 • Paul Bloom

August 2026

Kids These Days

What we are really arguing about

Aug 31 • Paul Bloom

19 pieces of teaching advice

Because it's a new semester

Aug 26 • Paul Bloom

Is (Human) Writing Doomed?

Podcast with Robert Wright

Aug 17 • Paul Bloom

Are parents better people?

Some pros and cons of the love we have for our children

Aug 3 • Paul Bloom

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