Through a series of lucid and engaging exercises, readers are invited to discover healthier and more effective digital practices From email to smart phones, and from social media to Google searches, digital technologies have transformed the way we learn, entertain ourselves, socialize, and work. Despite their usefulness, these technologies have often led to information overload, stress, and distraction. In recent years many of us have begun to look at the pluses and minuses of our online lives and to ask how we might more skillfully use the tools we’ve developed. David M. Levy, who has lived his life between the “fast world” of high tech and the “slow world” of contemplation, offers a welcome guide to being more relaxed, attentive, and emotionally balanced, and more effective, while online. In a series of exercises carefully designed to help readers observe and reflect on their own use, Levy has readers watch themselves closely while emailing and while multitasking, and also to experiment with unplugging for a specified period. Never prescriptive, the book opens up new avenues for self-inquiry and will allow readers—in the workplace, in the classroom, and in the privacy of their homes—to make meaningful and powerful changes.

Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives

Levy, David M.

Humor & Entertainment

Yale University Press

This is a study of the number of experiences that may reinforce maternal behavior without assuming that the explanation must necessarily and primarily psychoneurosis, as in 'compensatory overprotection' based on unconscious hostility to the infant. The differentiation between neurotic and 'pure' overprotection are considered in the text.

Maternal Overprotection

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

It is widely asserted that the Victorian sages attacked classical economics from a humanistic or egalitarian perspective, calling it "the dismal science," and that their attack is relevant to modern discussions of market society. David M. Levy here demonstrates that these assertions are simply false: political economy became "dismal" because Carlyle, Ruskin, and Dickens were horrified at the idea that systems of slavery were being replaced by systems in which individuals were allowed to choose their own paths in life. At a minimum, they argued, "we" white people ought to be directing the lives of "them," people of color. Economists of the time argued, on the other hand, that people of color were to be protected by the rule of law--hence the moniker "the dismal science." A startling image from 1893, which is reproduced in full color on this book's jacket, shows Ruskin killing someone who appears to be nonwhite. A close look reveals that the victim is reading "The Dismal Science." Levy discusses this image at length and also includes in his text weblinks to Carlyle's "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" and to Mill's response, demonstrating that these are central documents in British classical economics. He explains Adam Smith's egalitarian foundations, contrasting Smith's approach to the hierarchical alternative proposed by Carlyle. Levy also examines various visual representations of this debate and provides an illuminating discussion of Smith's "katallactics," the science of exchange, comparing it with the foundations of modern neoclassical economics. How the Dismal Science Got Its Name also introduces the notion of "rational choice scholarship" to explain how attacks on market economics from a context in which racial slavery was idealized have been interpreted as attacks on market economics from a humanistic or egalitarian context. Thus it will greatly appeal to economists, political scientists, philosophers, students of Victorian literature, and historians. David M. Levy is Associate Professor of Economics and Research Associate, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University.

How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics

History

University of Michigan Press

It is widely asserted that the Victorian sages attacked classical economics from a humanistic or egalitarian perspective, calling it "the dismal science," and that their attack is relevant to modern discussions of market society. David M. Levy here demonstrates that these assertions are simply false: political economy became "dismal" because Carlyle, Ruskin, and Dickens were horrified at the idea that systems of slavery were being replaced by systems in which individuals were allowed to choose their own paths in life. At a minimum, they argued, "we" white people ought to be directing the lives of "them," people of color. Economists of the time argued, on the other hand, that people of color were to be protected by the rule of law--hence the moniker "the dismal science." A startling image from 1893, which is reproduced in full color on this book's jacket, shows Ruskin killing someone who appears to be nonwhite. A close look reveals that the victim is reading "The Dismal Science." Levy discusses this image at length and also includes in his text weblinks to Carlyle's "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" and to Mill's response, demonstrating that these are central documents in British classical economics. He explains Adam Smith's egalitarian foundations, contrasting Smith's approach to the hierarchical alternative proposed by Carlyle. Levy also examines various visual representations of this debate and provides an illuminating discussion of Smith's "katallactics," the science of exchange, comparing it with the foundations of modern neoclassical economics. How the Dismal Science Got Its Name also introduces the notion of "rational choice scholarship" to explain how attacks on market economics from a context in which racial slavery was idealized have been interpreted as attacks on market economics from a humanistic or egalitarian context. Thus it will greatly appeal to economists, political scientists, philosophers, students of Victorian literature, and historians. David M. Levy is Associate Professor of Economics and Research Associate, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University.

Business & Money

Economics

Univ of Michigan Pr

The "Vanity of the Philosopher" continues the themes introduced in Levy's acclaimed book How the Dismal Science Got Its Name. Here, Peart and Levy tackle the issues of racism, eugenics, hierarchy, and egalitarianism in classical economics and take a broad view of classical economics' doctrine of human equality. Responding to perennial accusations from the left and the right that the market economy has created either inequality or too much equality, the authors trace the role of the eugenics movement in pulling economics away from the classical economist's respect for the individual toward a more racist view at the turn of the century. The "Vanity of the Philosopher" reveals the consequences of hierarchy in social science. It shows how the "vanity of the philosopher" has led to recommendations that range from the more benign but still objectionable "looking after" paternalism, to overriding preferences, and, in the extreme, to eliminating purportedly bad preferences. The authors suggest that an approach that abstracts from difference and presumes equal competence is morally compelling. "People in the know on intellectual history and economics await the next book from Peart and Levy with much the same enthusiasm that greets a new Harry Potter book in the wider world. This book delivers the anticipated delights big time!" -William Easterly, Professor of Economics and Africana Studies, NYU, and non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development "In their customary idiosyncratic manner, Sandra Peart and David Levy reexamine the way in which the views of classical economists on equality and hierarchy were shifted by contact with scholars in other disciplines, and the impact this had on attitudes towards race, immigration, and eugenics. This is an imaginative and solid work of scholarship, with an important historical message and useful lessons for scholars today." -Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester Sandra J. Peart, Professor of Economics at Baldwin-Wallace College, has published articles on utilitarianism, the methodology of J. S. Mill, and the transition to neoclassicism. This is her fourth book. David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice. This is his third book.

The "Vanity of the Philosopher": From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics

Sandra J. Peart

Addressing the significant issues between Christianity and Judaism using the Old Testament, this 32-booklet presents the gospel in a way designed to help Jews gain a better understanding of Jesus Christ and salvation.

What Every Jewish Person Should Ask

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Harvest House Pub.

Fresh, new, and amply illustrated! A simple, systematic, and scriptural look at the tabernacle's place in God's redemptive plan.

The Tabernacle--Shadows of the Messiah: Its Sacrifices, Services, and Priesthood

Kregel Publications

While God never reveals the exact moment when He will pour out His wrath, He does reveal for us, in the Bible, the conditions that are sure to bring His judgment upon a nation and its people. Every one of these conditions -- or sins -- was rampant at the time Judah experienced horrible judgment at the hands of its enemies.What's incredible is that the very conditions that led to Judah's downfall are all present in America today!You can explore what these conditions are in David Levy's book, When Prophets Speak of Judgment. In this fascinating overview of the Bible books of Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai, you'll discover that the atrocities committed by ancient Judah are strikingly similar to what we read in the headlines of today's newspapers!When Prophets Speak of Judgment is an encouraging challenge for us to redeem the time as we move ever closer to the last days!

When Prophets Speak of Judgment : Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai

Friends of Israel Gospel

Nations are on a collision course that will culminate at Armageddon. In descriptive terms, Joel presented the destiny of the nations as they relate to Israel in the Day of the Lord.In this truly exciting commentary on one of the most neglected and misinterpreted books of the Bible, author David Levy, a Hebrew Christian, presents a concise, lucid, nontechnical exposition on such prophetic events as: -- The Day of the Lord-- True Repentance-- The Russian Invasion of Israel-- The Battle of Armageddon-- The Second Coming of Christ-- The Judgment of the Nations-- The Millennial KingdomNot only is this commentary clear and concise, but illustrated chapter outlines and graphic representations of the prophetic events give added insight into the timely and dynamic Book of Joel.

Joel : the Day of the Lord : A Chronology of Israel's Prophetic History

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Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives

Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives

Maternal Overprotection

How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics

How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics

The "Vanity of the Philosopher": From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics

What Every Jewish Person Should Ask

The Tabernacle--Shadows of the Messiah: Its Sacrifices, Services, and Priesthood

When Prophets Speak of Judgment : Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai

Joel : the Day of the Lord : A Chronology of Israel's Prophetic History