What Commands Your Attention?
Summary
This episode explores Epictetus’s question, “Who is my master?” to examine modern self-imposed slavery through habits like social media addiction and craving approval. The host argues that whatever controls our desires becomes our master, making such surrender shameful. Listeners are urged to reclaim their freedom by identifying and resisting these external forces.
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Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast
Are we masters of our fate?
Epictetus: Who is my master?
The shame of self-imposed slavery
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