My thoughts on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, part 1

Can't help but feel that if Marcus Aurelius was born somewhere between 1970-1990 he'd now be a tech CEO. The weird spiritual type in a beige linen shirt.

And going in, I knew that the techbros have claimed him and are actively ruining this book for everyone else, but I thought there's a very strong funhouse mirror effect. It turns out you don't even need that much mental gymnastics to make it a techbro bible, everything (from a weird cult of labor to trying to transcend hunanity and becoming a true sigma) is already there.

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My thoughts on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, part 1

Can't help but feel that if Marcus Aurelius was born somewhere between 1970-1990 he'd now be a tech CEO. The weird spiritual type in a beige linen shirt.

And going in, I knew that the techbros have claimed him and are actively ruining this book for everyone else, but I thought there's a very strong funhouse mirror effect. It turns out you don't even need that much mental gymnastics to make it a techbro bible, everything (from a weird cult of labor to trying to transcend hunanity and becoming a true sigma) is already there.

#books #philosophy #literature #history #stoicism #ancientrome