Ryan Holiday
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1,843 appearances
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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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And his nickname is Verismus, like the truest one.
Part of what makes Hadrian ultimately select Marcus Aurelius is that he is like the boy in the story, The Emperor Has No Clothes,
who actually says to the emperor, sir, you're naked.
What are you talking about?
Like, I don't care what these people said.
You don't have any fucking clothes on.
You got conned, right?
And so you, as you become powerful and important, and as you, this is why revenge is bad.
When you get a reputation for punishing your enemies or punishing your perceived enemies, like critics,
it degrades your picture of the world because you have just sent a message to everyone around you, do not challenge that person.
Do not tell them the truth.
Do not tell them what they don't want to hear.
Like, do you think there were many...
advisors who told Putin that invading Ukraine would be a bad idea?
Like, do you think anyone laid out, like, this is how bad it could go?
No.
No, because you don't want to end up fucking in a plane crash, right?
Or, like, you don't want to fall out of a fourth-story window.
And so...
Oftentimes, you think you want control, you think you want people on board, you think you want true believers, and you don't.
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