Archive - Small Potatoes

We are asking the wrong questions

Jul 20 • Paul Bloom

Jul 13 • Paul Bloom

Are Books Dead?

Podcast with Robert Wright

Jul 3 • Paul Bloom

June 2026

How to give a better-than-average talk

Jun 30 • Paul Bloom

Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually

Responding to some counterarguments

Jun 16 • Paul Bloom

Podcast with Robert Wright

Jun 10 • Paul Bloom

Is parenthood selfish or selfless? It’s both.

Guest post by Darby Saxbe

Jun 3 • Paul Bloom and Darby Saxbe

May 2026

Moneyball for book publishers and Substack writers

Why it will never work

May 20 • Paul Bloom

The End of Loneliness

A live performance of my New Yorker article

May 15 • Paul Bloom

"Nobody can touch you without your consent"

Some exceptions and why they matter

May 5 • Paul Bloom

April 2026

Intelligence Testy

Podcast with Robert Wright

Apr 27 • Paul Bloom

Is it good to be famous?

Don't believe Bill Murray

Apr 22

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