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@avramalpert.bsky.social
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writer, teacher. artandtheoryprogram.org ... Author of The Good-Enough Life, etc.
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Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor? | Arwa Mahdawi
A viral essay has caused outrage in the US with its argument that the poverty line for a family of four is now $136,500. But is this so wrong, asks Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/03/can-you-be-on-six-figure-income-still-be-considered-poor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Princeton University Press
about 1 month ago
Next week, Dec 3 at 6:00pm EST, see
@avramalpert.bsky.social
, author of The Good-Enough Life, at
@backmarketofficial.bsky.social
for a book talk and open discussion. The first 30 attendees will be gifted a copy of the book! Don't miss this amazing free event. Reserve your space:
buff.ly/iivxtYD
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal
about 2 months ago
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Rhetorically, do the opposite: “Unpack the court”. It’s been packed by barely legal manoeuvres. Set it right, either by forced retirement or expansion and in either case new principles going forward
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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The Drift
2 months ago
“To imagine yourself as a modern-day Seneca, a sage liberated from the cares afflicting more ordinary souls, is its own form of self-indulgence,”
@erikmbaker.bsky.social
argues in his Issue Sixteen essay on self-help philosophy.
www.thedriftmag.com/how-i-learne...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Shitty Life
Self-Help Gets Philosophical
https://www.thedriftmag.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-my-shitty-life/
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New Jersey Humanist Network
2 months ago
NJHN is hosting a talk "What Could a Good-Enough Future Look Like?" by
@avramalpert.bsky.social
on 10/26 at 1:30pm at the Monroe Twp Public Library and via Zoom. Details at
njhn.org/avramalpert2...
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The Guardian
4 months ago
Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert
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Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert
It is reasonable and moral to think that when others are harmed, you should feel the injury, but our sympathy should not be limited to pain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/31/happy-sympathy-world-pain?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1756638861
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The Guardian
8 months ago
Trump’s tariffs get one thing right: capitalism is changing | Avram C Alpert
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Trump’s tariffs get one thing right: capitalism is changing | Avram C Alpert
The president’s protectivist trade vision is deeply flawed. But he has picked up on something Democrats are missing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/trump-tariffs-capitalism?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1746498937
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Dissent Magazine
8 months ago
Our spring issue, Border Politics, is out today!
www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/spring...
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Spring 2025 - Dissent Magazine
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/spring-2025/
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The Philosopher
10 months ago
ICYMI - The recording is now up of "A Politics of Belonging" -- watch or listen to @avramalpert talking with Alexis Papazoglou on a conception of belonging that enables people to feel comfortable enough to be different.
#Philosophy
#PhilSky
#belonging
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrp...
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A Politics of Belonging
YouTube video by The Philosopher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrppPGbyAk
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