What Paul Bloom thinks about happiness

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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. 14 Sept 2026

   Our readingConsiderations of what makes for a flourishing life matter more, in judging how teenagers should spend their time, than the psychological studies used to debate it.

   Their wordsI think these considerations of flourishing matter more than the psychological studies that everyone, including me, is so obsessed with.

   ↗Kids These Days, Part IIsmallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 3rd of 3 in this piece