Ryan Holiday
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Ryan Holiday’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You can be whoever you want.
You can do whatever you want.
If it feels good, it's right.
You just have effectively unlimited choice.
Religion used to go like, hey, don't do these things or you'll go to hell.
And I think obviously that puts a lot of fear and shame and control on people.
That's not good.
But the problem is when you say, hey, do whatever you want.
Nothing's wrong.
Everything's right.
Trust your gut.
You know, like, the last thing a 19-year-old should be doing is trusting their gut.
Like, you're an idiot, you know?
Especially a 19-year-old dude, you know?
Like...
And so I think what struck me about Stoicism was like, oh, this is a 2,500-year tradition.
This is a tradition that's been followed by the most powerful people in the world, some of the most powerless people in the world.
Epictetus is a slave.
And these are people that were dealing with uncertainty and chaos and disorder.
and dysfunction.
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