Paul Bloom is the author of The Sweet Spot, The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meeting. His last book was chosen by our curators as one of the best works of nonfiction published in 2021. We had such a wide-ranging chat that a lot of great material did not make the cut. If you want to hear their complete two-hour interview, which contains extended riffs on artificial intelligence, free will, and the introvert, extrovert continuum among many other topics, please download the next big idea app now.

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