Archive - Small Potatoes

Do doomers believe what they say?

Jun 9 •

Ten Substack recommendations

I subscribe to over a hundred Substacks.

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Corruption, doomers, Nathan Fielder

Podcast with Robert Wright

May 31 •

Against the power of a doctor's touch

(I’m travelling—presenting at the wonderful HowTheLightGetsIn festival in Wales—so here is a slightly revised version of a paid-only post I sent out…

May 26 •

Why are so few professors troublemakers?

I wrestled with the title.

May 19 •

Catchy Tunes and the Death of Higher Education

Podcast with Robert Wright

May 16 •

Everybody hurts

An investigation

May 12 •

The worst of the deadly sins

Envy and how to defeat it

May 5 •

April 2025

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