Education – Davood Gozli

Phones versus Play: What Jonathan Haidt Means by the Great Rewiring of Childhood in ‘The Anxious Generation’

By Davood Gozli | 03/11/202403/11/2024 by Davood Gozli

In The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Jonathan Haidt contrasts two fundamentally different ways of growing up: a play-based childhood versus a phone-based childhood. The shift from physical, open-ended play to structured, screen-driven interaction has changed how children explore the world and socialize, with significant developmental and mental health implications. Haidt identifies two primary forces behind this change: “safetyism” in parenting, which over-protects kids from…

Re-Discovering the Richness of Everyday Life

By Davood Gozli | 04/05/202317/05/2023 by Davood Gozli

Over the past two years, I have created a series of videos based on the book, Qualitative Inquiry in Everyday Life by Svend Brinkmann. I posted the final part a few days ago. In this post, I want to discuss the book’s importance and who can benefit from it. Why is this book important? First, it removes the boundary between “doing research” and living a human life. The book shows that so much of what…

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On Kantian Enlightenment

By Davood Gozli | 14/03/202314/03/2023 by Davood Gozli

In his essay “What is Enlightenment?” Immanuel Kant proposes that to achieve enlightenment, one needs the freedom to make public use of their reason. Any such summary statement would run the risk of misunderstanding Kant’s position if we overlook the significance of the public itself. Kant defines public as a universal space potentially shared by all human beings, and private as a local and situational space specific to practical concerns. The public is a place…

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Review of “Where the Money Is: Value Investing in the Digital Age” by Adam Seessel

By Davood Gozli | 04/03/2023 by Davood Gozli

In “Where the Money Is: Value Investing in the Digital Age,” Adam Seessel draws on his early career as an award-winning journalist to bring his engaging style of writing to the world of capital markets. Intended for a wide audience beyond professional investors and analysts, Seessel focuses on value investing and how it differs from other investment styles, such as growth investing and short-term trading. He traces the history of value investing, highlighting key figures…

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Review of ‘The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths’ by Anna K. Schaffner

By Davood Gozli | 26/03/202227/03/2022 by Davood Gozli

Self-help is a tricky subject. Depending on the audience, it can provoke intense sympathy and intense skepticism. A dismissive attitude toward the current self-help culture can point to the lack of substance and depth in the popular material, the deceitful and self-serving “gurus,” the hyper-optimism of followers, the fixation with “positive thinking,” the unrealistic promises, the individualistic bias, and the social-political blindspots. But should the self-help culture–with all its associated ideas and aspirations–be completely dismissed?…