What Paul Bloom thinks about education

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Psychologist at the University of Toronto and professor emeritus at Yale, author of Against Empathy and The Sweet Spot. He writes the newsletter Small Potatoes.

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1. 31 Aug 2026

   Our readingDisputes about phones, homework and childhood are disputes about values, and more data will not settle them.

   Their wordsthe claim here is that arguments about smartphones, bullying, and homework are arguments about values, often moral values

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