Paul Bloom - The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

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🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Paul Bloom is a professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. He was also the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale University . Paul studies how children and adults make sense of the world, with a focus on pleasure, morality, religion, fiction, and art. Paul's newest book is The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning. Read more about Paul at his website: paulbloom.net. Support the Show - Become a Patron! Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast Sponsors: Ginger - To learn more about how Ginger can support your employee’s mental health, visit ginger.com/smart. Organifi - Treat yourself to amazing health and try it today for 20% of the entire purchase! Go to organifi.com/SMART Donate: Donate here to support the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.4	that was written by our guest. The book is called The Sweet Spot, The Pleasures of Suffering,
1:20.9	and the Search for Meaning. Our guest this week is Paul Bloom. And Paul is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.
1:30.5	He is also a professor emeritus of psychology at Yale University.
1:36.2	He studies how children and adults make sense of the world, with special focus on pleasure,
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