How To Think About Money
“It’s interesting how infrequently money comes up in Meditations. Here was a guy who had incredible wealth, whose predecessors obsessed over it and found it to be a source of both pleasure and conflic...
9 Jul 20212min
Not Just To Read, But To Read Critically | Stop Monkeying Around
“An illiterate world is not a good one, but a world where people unthinkingly believe and accept everything they read is not that much better. So it’s great that you’re reading—but are you reading cri...
8 Jul 20217min
Paul Skallas on the Lindy Effect and Standing the Test of Time | 'Normal' is the Enemy
Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to Paul Skallas about the Lindy Effect, why certain works stand the test of time and how to replicate them, how to order your life according to the Lindy ...
7 Jul 20211h 16min
Here's How To Be Right
“It must have been hard to be as smart as someone like Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. They had the best tutors. They had quick minds. And then, as now, they were surrounded by people who were misinformed,...
6 Jul 20212min
Freedom to Do What? | Protect Your Own Good
“Yesterday was July 4th, which as most of you know, is a day that marks the celebration of the declaration of independence for the newly formed United States. That idea of freedom is an important one ...
5 Jul 20217min
This Work Must Continue
“Today is the 4th of July. It’s the celebration of the American Declaration of independence, which was signed on this date in 1776. There’s no question that document—inspired as it was by ideas from t...
4 Jul 202121min
Classics Scholar Dr. Anika Prather on Healing the Present by Studying the Past
On today’s episode, Ryan talks to Classics Scholar Dr. Anika Prather about the bridge that books can create between diverse cultures, why it’s so important to continue teaching the Classics in Univers...
3 Jul 20211h 16min
Existence is What You Choose To See
“What is the human condition? Marcus Aurelius says that life is just ‘marrying, raising children, getting sick, dying, waging war, throwing parties, doing business, arming, flattering, boating, distru...
2 Jul 20212min
