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The good-enough life / Avram Alpert.
Van Pelt Library BF637.S4 A5875 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alpert, Avram, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-realization.
- Ability.
- Conduct of life.
- Aptitude.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aptitude.
- Genre:
- Self-help publications.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 323 pages : 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Why Greatness Is Not Good Enough
- The Origins of "Good Enough"
- A Long History of Overcoming Greatness
- Recalibrating
- The Two Economies
- Lost Einstein Myths
- But, Come On, Aren't There Good Forms of Greatness?
- Cold, Broken, But Still Hallelujah
- A Good-Enough Life for All
- 2. For Our Selves
- In the Beginning
- It's Not Just the Economy, Stupid
- The Return of Virtue
- Meritocracy, No. Greatness, Maybe
- Virtues beyond Greatness
- The World As It Already Is
- Satisfaction Not Guaranteed
- Philosophies Born of Struggle
- 3. For Our Relationships
- Romantic Stories
- A Circular Journey
- A Theory of Laughter
- The Paradoxes of Kindness to Strangers
- To Heaven or A-fishing
- As Zhuangzi and Huizi Were
- We'll See
- If This Is Good Enough
- A Good-Enough President?
- 4. For Our World
- The Path of Pinheads
- The Road to Serfdom
- The Good-Enough Transformation
- Why Philanthropy Is Not the Answer
- Some Plans for a Good-Enough World
- Limiting the Positional Economy
- A Thought Experiment
- 5. For Our Planet
- Wired for Whatever
- Surviving the Fittest
- Evolving to Be Good Enough
- The Risk of Great Green Revolutions
- More with Less, or More from Less?
- Sharing in the Burden and the Bounty
- A Good-Enough Relation to Nature
- The Good-Enough Sublime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Alpert, Avram, 1984- Good-enough life
- ISBN:
- 9780691204352
- 0691204357
- OCLC:
- 1263341831
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