Don't believe Bill Murray

A complaint about my field

Or anyone else's either

AI’s greatest strength—removing friction from work and relationships—is also a liability. Prioritizing outcome over process, it eliminates desirable difficulties that drive growth. By subtracting effo...

Should we be ashamed?

What happens to the human mind when we begin sharing the world with new kinds of intelligence?

The problem with utopia

Podcast with Robert Wright

New findings about the appetite for transcendence

Speakers Yiran Hua, Michael Inzlicht and Paul Bloom will discuss ethical questions surrounding AI companions.

Because it's a new semester

Two theories

YouTube video by Nonzero

Affirmative action for iconoclasts?

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

Birds of a feather

Podcast with Robert Wright

Affirmative action for iconoclasts?

An investigation

Podcast with Robert Wright

Increasing faculty diversity is a key priority in faculty hiring across many countries, but the rationales behind it are often left undiscussed. Explicitly clarifying diversity rationales — and ensuri...

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Amna & Jeff talk to Jon Zimmerman about why some profs are afraid to speak their minds

Yes. But so are men.

What psychologists fail at—and where we shine

How to be taken seriously

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 the link and read that instead—it’s exhaustive ...

[This is a mildly edited version of a post that was initially sent out to paid subscribers only.]

(This is a niche post of interest to a relatively narrow community of scholars.

YouTube video by Nonzero

A response to Adam Mastroianni

Two surprising discoveries about obedience

Paul Bloom takes over the show to interview Yoel about loss of faith: when to give up on a theory, and which of his own findings he no longer believes.