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We did not long go with Mark Manson and sort of Mark's interesting concept of the subtle art of not giving a fuck. And then one of the first things I talked to Mark about was this sort of.

We're not talking about giving no fucks, we're talking about giving no fucks about the things that don't matter. And so there's a super viral video you can see out there about sort of the stoic art of not caring.

And so I wanted to kind of respond to that in today's episode because I don't really think that's what stoicism is about. So, so is not about not caring. It's about not caring about the things.

It don't matter. As Mark's really says, it's about being indifferent to the things that make no difference. And so how we apply stoicism in the world that it's beyond simply not caring. It's actually caring quite intensely about the things that matter.

Getting to a place where you sort of have this inner Citadel, this even keel that protects you from being brought too high or too low by external events.

And there's some controversial examples in it we talk about Rockefeller not because Rockefeller was this great human being although ultimately in the end his philanthropic endeavors have had an enormous positive impact on humanity.

Especially right now in the pandemic the Rockefeller Foundation is stepped up to fill the void of leadership that particularly agreed just one here in the United States.

But because Rockefeller was famous for his sort of poise and self control and self discipline particularly in business matters.

So like again I'm not endorsing Rockefeller any more than Senico was endorsing Alexander the great when he uses him as an example.

So so I hope you enjoy this video again the purpose of this to a philosophy is not to make you emotionless not to make you indifferent to the world but only to be indifferent to the things that make no difference to stop caring about the things that don't matter.

And as as Mark Manson says it is a subtle art so it's not a it's not a it requires some finesse and I think you'll take this from today's episode and really like.

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