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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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Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students
Dorsa Amir has an excellent post titled Modest Advice For New Students. If you are going to read one thing about doing well in graduate school, click on…
Sep 22
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Free Speech After Charlie Kirk
Podcast with Robert Wright
Sep 19
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Paul Bloom
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Why are so few professors troublemakers?
[This is a mildly edited version of a post that was initially sent out to paid subscribers only.]
Sep 15
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The only interdisciplinary conversations worth having
(This is a niche post of interest to a relatively narrow community of scholars.
Sep 8
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What's better: AI or indoor plumbing?
Podcast with Robert Wright
Sep 5
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Paul Bloom
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Sex debate in Chicago
So, I was invited by the bosses at Substack to participate in a live debate on sex and technology, held in Chicago two weeks from now.
Sep 4
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19 pieces of teaching advice
Because it's a new semester
Sep 1
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August 2025
Happy 2nd Birthday to Small Potatoes
“At two years, children are caught between babyhood and childhood.
Aug 26
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Paul Bloom
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Things Are Going to Get Weird
Podcast with Robert Wright
Aug 22
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Paul Bloom
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