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The good-enough life / Avram Alpert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alpert, Avram, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ability.
- Mindfulness (Psychology).
- Conduct of life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in stress and anxiety, damage to our relationships, widespread political and economic inequality, and destruction of the natural world. He describes how to move beyond greatness to create a society in which everyone flourishes. By competing less with each other, each of us can find renewed meaning and purpose, have our material and emotional needs met, and begin to lead more leisurely lives. Alpert makes no false utopian promises, however. Life can never be more than good enough because there will always be accidents and tragedies beyond our control, which is why we must stop dividing the world into winners and losers and ensure that there is a fair share of decency and sufficiency to go around.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Alpert, Avram, 1984- Good-enough life.
- ISBN:
- 0691204349
- 9780691204345
- OCLC:
- 1285369947
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