Power of Gentleness: Meditations on the Risk of Living by Anne Dufourmantelle, translated by Katherine Payne and Vincent Sallé The following quotations are meant to offer a small sample of the book. Not included are Dufourmantelle’s discussions of sensuality (with multiple chapters devoted to “Sensory Celebration”), trauma, animality, and psychoanalytic practice. Toward the end of…
Category: Education
Phones versus Play: What Jonathan Haidt Means by the Great Rewiring of Childhood in ‘The Anxious Generation’
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…
Re-Discovering the Richness of Everyday Life
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,…
On Kantian Enlightenment
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…
Review of “Where the Money Is: Value Investing in the Digital Age” by Adam Seessel
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…