Everything Paul Bloom Knows About Psychology

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🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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In “Psych: The Story of the Human Mind,” Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, lays out, in his words, “basically everything I know about the mind.” And when he says “everything,” he means it. Where does consciousness come from? Does IQ matter? What makes us happy? Was Sigmund Freud a madman? The answers to these questions (and more) are all in Paul’s book — and in this episode. An edited version of Rufus’s interview with Paul first aired in April 2023. Today, we’re bringing you their entire conversation. Check out Paul's newsletter here THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB We all know that reading is the best investment we can make in ourselves, but figuring out what to read — well, that’s another matter. Which is why we started the Next Big Idea Club. We get the best new books — as chosen by our friends Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — into the hands of curious people … like you! Join us today at nextbigideaclub.com

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:05.0	I'm Rufus Griskum and I'm Caleb Bisinger and this is the next big idea.
0:11.0	Today, the delightful delightful disturbing and downright fascinating story of the human
0:16.8	minds. Welcome back Rifus. It's good to see you. I'm glad to have you back.
0:35.8	It's great to be back, Caleb. I miss you. Right back at you. And you know, you're coming
0:41.9	off vacation, you're hitting the ground running.
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0:49.0	It's a guy who's written a great new book called Why We Remember.
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0:54.1	And then next up, I think I'm talking to a friend of the pod,
0:56.5	Cal Newport about his new book, Slow Productivity,
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1:04.4	Which I've been dipping into and relishing slowly, appropriately.
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