This has been the bulk of my reading so far this year.

Daily Stoic
Obstable is the Way
Stillness
etc

Anyone else follow him and read his stuff? Thoughts on how its helped you?

Seems he's built a nice little book/pod/e-mail empire around this.

I'm not familiar at all with him. Is this a Silicon Valley Stoicism or something Seneca would recognize?

Straight from Seneca. Check it out...

TikkaShooter said:

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Straight from Seneca. Check it out...

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Sorry if the question came across as rude, but some of the modern stoicism reminds me of California Buddhism. All the "cool stuff," none of the extremely difficult or self-deprecating aspects.

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TikkaShooter said:

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Straight from Seneca. Check it out...

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Sorry if the question came across as rude, but some of the modern stoicism reminds me of California Buddhism. All the "cool stuff," none of the extremely difficult or self-deprecating aspects.

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You mean like mindfulness for the busy CFO so that she can better continue the pursuit of status and money?

I've listed to The Obstacle and Stillness and they are both solid, although sometimes the stories are a little 2-dimensional, and it was a mental obstacle for me once I realized the author was in his mid-20s.

If you think his age is a problem (though FWIW he's actually in his mid 30s) wait until you find out that he used to work for Tucker Max.

Deputy Travis Junior said:

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If you think his age is a problem (though FWIW he's actually in his mid 30s) wait until you find out that he used to work for Tucker Max.

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Yeah, to clarify, I meant that Obstacle was published when he was 26, so presumably he was writing the book at age ~24-26.

So when he gives advice like

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"We forget: In life, it doesn't matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you've been given."

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I have to remember that it's probably good advice even though most 25 year-olds have no basis for making such a statement.

Haha, I forgot about the Tucker Max connection. Eeesh.

I'm a fan. He's done a good job repackaging historic stoicism, making it relevant to modern times, and marketing his materials. He has a nice little bookstore in Bastrop and lives outside of town. Politically he is left of just about everyone east of Austin, however.