Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. Each weekday we bring you a meditation

inspired by the ancient Stoics, something to help you live up to those four Stoic virtues

of courage, justice, temperance and wisdom. And then here on the weekend we take a deeper

dive into those same topics. We interview Stoic philosophers, we explore at length how

these Stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives and the challenging issues of our

time. Here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed

down, be sure to take some time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with your journal

and most importantly to prepare for what the week ahead may bring.

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I just, I love John Rothsons work. I've read a ton of his books and I've recommended his

books to a ton of people. He's just, he's, as I talk about in today's interview, he's

just got a delightful tone and style and voice. And he manages to pick the most interesting

subjects and make them accessible and eye opening. His book, Them Adventures with Extremists

is unfortunately quite timely as he studies conspiracy theorists and why they act the way

they do. His book, The Men Who Stare at Goats was turned into a delightful movie with George

Clooney. His book, The Psychopath Test, also very, very good. But of course, I think his

best and most relevant book, which is one I also carry here at the Painted Porch, is

so you've been publicly shamed, which looks at our online culture, why we react the way

we do to people, why we gather in mobs, back to the Stoics Times and to the online times,

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