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		ambrose2 on Dec 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022? I think both of you might be right, as my impression of the stereotype is more that the tech dude is “into” stoicism, but falls short in practice.

pinusc on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

Perhaps the fact that tech dudes have trouble with perspective and emotion control and how to live a good life also draws them to stoicism as a way out, thus resulting in (perceptions of) a lot of tech dudes being into stoicism

tasuki on Dec 19, 2022 | [–]

Welp that's me exactly.

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