Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. His research explores the psychology of morality, identity, and pleasure. Bloom is the recipient of multiple awards and honors, including, most recently, the million-dollar Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. He has written for scientific journals such as Nature and Science, and for the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Against Empathy, Just Babies, How Pleasure Works, Descartes' Baby, and, most recently, The Sweet Spot.
"Bloom writes as if speaking, which brings a welcome immediacy to
his explorations. . . . The effect, simultaneously authoritative
and chummy, is engaging." -- Harper's Magazine"An intriguing
scientific investigation into why suffering, from mountaineering to
BDSM, so often leads to satisfaction. . . . Bloom has a cheerful
writing style that's impossible to dislike." -- The Guardian"Paul
Bloom will change the way you think. Perhaps suffering isn't a bad
thing? He explains why the experience of pain enhances subsequent
pleasure and that a life without it would actually be boring." --
Good Morning America.com "[The Sweet Spot] is lucid and elegantly
written throughout so that there's little suffering involved in
reading it--in this, it's reminiscent of Michael Sandel and Martha
Nussbaum. A bracing, convincing argument that toil, torment, and
tribulation can be good things." -- Kirkus Reviews"This book will
challenge you to rethink your vision of a good life. With sharp
insights and lucid prose, Paul Bloom makes a captivating case that
pain and suffering are essential to happiness. It's an exhilarating
antidote to toxic positivity." -- Adam Grant, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast
WorkLife"Paul Bloom can always be counted on to take your confident
assumptions about humanity and turn them upside down. With The
Sweet Spot, he's done it again! But this time, his investigations
into pain and suffering, pleasure and meaning ask--and answer--the
perennial question of what makes life worth living. You won't want
to miss this eloquent and erudite book."
-- Susan Cain, author of Quiet"Paul Bloom has a gift for spotting
paradoxes in human nature and resolving them with deep, satisfying
explanations, and this lucid and fascinating book does it again
with our puzzling masochisms." -- Steven Pinker, Johnstone
Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and the author of How
the Mind Works and Rationality"Provocative, fascinating, and
insightful--in other words, just what you'd expect from Paul Bloom,
one of the world's best writers and deepest thinkers about human
behavior. His argument about why we sometimes seek sorrow, fear,
and pain is, paradoxically, a pleasure to read. So get out your
highlighter and clear your calendar, because once you open this
book, you won't be able to put it down."
-- Daniel Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard
University and author of New York Times bestseller Stumbling on
Happiness"A laugh-out-loud-funny and totally thought-provoking tour
of the most curious parts of human pleasure! With tantalizing
examples you can't wait to tell your friends, Bloom provides a fun
and theoretically insightful journey into our species' strangest
forms of enjoyment. It's a book that will definitely hit your sweet
spot!" -- Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology at Yale University
and host of The Happiness Lab podcast"Paul Bloom, one of the best
writers we have about the human condition, has done it again. What
a fascinating book! The Sweet Spot is a profound meditation on
happiness, family, and meaning. This book provides enough
challenging ideas to give you just a bit of beautiful discomfort,
but it is, above all, a joy to read." -- A. J. Jacobs, author of
It's All Relative"Paul Bloom is a phenomenal psychologist. His
research is always thought-provoking, and his writing clear and
eloquent. I eagerly look forward to seeing what he tackles next."
-- Maria Konnikova, author of The Biggest Bluff
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