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@avramalpert.bsky.social

writer, teacher. artandtheoryprogram.org ... Author of The Good-Enough Life, etc.

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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

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

06.11.2025 15:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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

03.11.2025 03:11 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Shitty Life Self-Help Gets Philosophical

“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...

31.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Green and white graphic with photo of Avram Alpert and The Good-Enough Life book cover, with date, time, location, talk title, QR code, and link for full details and Zoom registration at https://njhn.org/avramalpert2025.

Green and white graphic with photo of Avram Alpert and The Good-Enough Life book cover, with date, time, location, talk title, QR code, and link for full details and Zoom registration at https://njhn.org/avramalpert2025.

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....

22.10.2025 02:26 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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

Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert

31.08.2025 12:06 — 👍 85    🔁 23    💬 19    📌 9
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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

Trump’s tariffs get one thing right: capitalism is changing | Avram C Alpert

06.05.2025 02:48 — 👍 47    🔁 16    💬 19    📌 5
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Spring 2025 - Dissent Magazine

Our spring issue, Border Politics, is out today!

www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/spring...

05.05.2025 16:49 — 👍 21    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 2
A Politics of Belonging
YouTube video by The Philosopher A Politics of Belonging

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...

21.02.2025 02:08 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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