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What Did The Stoics Get WRONG? | Nick Thompson (CEO of The Atlantic)
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Running isn’t just good exercise, it’s Stoicism in motion. In part two of Ryan’s conversation with Nick Thompson , CEO of The Atlantic , they talk about how running mirrors the daily discipline of Stoic philosophy, the decline of expertise in modern life, the one decision Marcus Aurelius made that changed history, and what the Stoics might have gotten wrong. Nick Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic , an American magazine founded in 1857, which earned the top honor for magazines, General Excellence, at the National Magazine Awards in both 2022 and 2023. In his time as CEO, the company has seen record subscriber growth. Before joining The Atlantic , he was the editor-in-chief of Wired…