A rational person can find peace
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) July 29, 2020
by cultivating indifference
to things outside of their control.
- @naval
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He has the most who is content with the least.
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) September 22, 2020
- Diogenes
"If you make happiness your goal, you\u2019ll be disappointed.
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) August 18, 2020
If you make presence your goal, you\u2019ll be satisfied."
- Maxime Lagac\xe9ac\xe9
Be a master of the mind,
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) July 29, 2020
not mastered by the mind.
- Zen proverb
The whole future lies in uncertainty:
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) July 28, 2020
live immediately.
- Seneca
\u201cIf it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.\u201d
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) August 16, 2020
- Marcus Aurelius
Don't explain your philosophy.
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) August 3, 2020
Embody it.
- Epictetus
Learn to be indifferent
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) July 29, 2020
to what makes no difference.
- Marcus Aurelius
Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) August 31, 2020
- Marcus Aurelius
\u201cChoose not to be harmed and you won\u2019t feel harmed. Don\u2019t feel harmed and you haven\u2019t been.\u201d
— \U0001d5e6\U0001d5e7\U0001d5e2\U0001d5dc\U0001d5d6 \U0001d5e0\U0001d5dc\U0001d5e1\U0001d5d7\U0001d5e6\U0001d5d8\U0001d5e7 \U0001f3db (@StoicismMindset) August 31, 2020
- Marcus Aurelius
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Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35