Cf discourse around "emotional labor" -- who does the work of emotional self-regulation, and who gets to enjoy emotional free expression is not a neutral thing and an expression of power gradients etc etc. Stoicism can be used as a moral stance to beat up on "snowflakes"
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Fair enough. I think there are some good bits about swallowing your ego & focusing on what you can control.
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Oh definitely. There’s good bits to stoicism. It’s just not a posture I’d personally adopt in the culture wars.
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"Stoic LARP w/ Venkatesh Rao" This sounds like an amazing Stoa session to have. ;)
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Signing up early if this happens.
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