Re:Why Is Silicon Valley So Obsessed with the Virtue of Suff...
by floatingatoll on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @08:17PM
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"I can't change the outcome of self-worth destruction from my billion-dollar idea, so I'll just have to learn to accept what I can't change."
As opposed to:
"I should try to change the outcome of self-worth destruction from my billion-dollar idea, even if I think I can't or it might cost me my wealth."
Again, I am not saying that this is Stoicism. This is the misuse of Stoic principles, by declaring that wealth-generating activities as "things that can't change" and then applying Stoicism to bear the burden of the resulting harm that they "can't change".
As opposed to:
"I should try to change the outcome of self-worth destruction from my billion-dollar idea, even if I think I can't or it might cost me my wealth."
Again, I am not saying that this is Stoicism. This is the misuse of Stoic principles, by declaring that wealth-generating activities as "things that can't change" and then applying Stoicism to bear the burden of the resulting harm that they "can't change".