Tagged: dichotomy-of-control
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What Stoicism Actually Says About Ambition
The Stoics weren't against ambition. They were against the wrong kind. The distinction between ambition for external recognition and ambition for the quality of your own character is one of the most clarifying ideas in the tradition.
The Stoic Case Against Doomscrolling
Doomscrolling isn't a technology problem. It's a failure of the discipline of desire — the compulsive pursuit of information about things entirely outside your control, mistaken for preparedness. The Stoics diagnosed this two thousand years ago.
What the Nova Knicks Can Teach Us About Stoic Athletic Performance
Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Mikal Bridges just won the NBA championship. The way they did it — the culture they built, the pressure they absorbed, the roles they embraced — reads like a Stoic case study.