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Why Is Silicon Valley So Obsessed With the Virtue of Suffering?

George Born
Concord, NH5h ago
Not really a fair summary of what stoicism is. Stoicism recommends focusing on what one has the most control over: oneself and one's reactions to events.

Not really a fair representation of classical proponents of Stoicism. Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius are far more important that Cicero.

Not really a fair representation of the implications of Stoicism and the power structure. Epictetus was a slave for much of his childhood. Stoicism can be helpful for those who are powerless as well as powerful.

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