William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)

31/03/2023 1h 54min
William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)

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Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven"No, we have not picked all the low-hanging fruit yet."In this conversation, Caleb Ontiveros speaks with William Eden – a recovering economist turned biotech venture capitalist. They talk about a wide range of topics: the importance of history, whether Rome is a good analogy to today, Stoicism, voluntary discomfort, negative visualization, and Covid.TwitterBecomingEden(00:43) Introduction(01:55) History(13:23) Rome(34:40) Will's Take on Stoicism(58:50) Negative Actualization (01:07:54) Covid(01:44:06) Lab Leak***Subscribe to The Stoa Letter for weekly meditations, actions, and links to the best Stoic resources: www.stoaletter.com/subscribeDownload the Stoa app (it’s a free download): stoameditation.com/podListen to more episodes and learn more here: https://stoameditation.com/blog/stoa-conversations/Thanks to Michael Levy for graciously letting us use his music in the conversations: https://ancientlyre.com/