A Stoic Alien Reports On The Humans

The What Is Stoicism? Podcast

In this episode, I explore a fun writing prompt that can help achieve the powerful perspective of Stoic objectivity.

It's reminiscent of an exercise Marcus Aurelius described to himself as follows:

“This should be your practice throughout all your life: when things have such a plausible appearance, show them naked, see their shoddiness, strip away their own boastful account of themselves. Vanity is the greatest seducer of reason: when you are most convinced that your work is important, that is when you are most under its spell.”

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