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Well, both. Surely you've had arguments with friends, colleagues, or family members where something bad happened and someone asks why something obvious to everyone in hindsight wasn't noticed at an earlier stage by a nominally responsible party.

We can imagine a society where Stoicism is the norm (most famously the Vulcans on Star Trek) but it seems rather counterfactual to suggest it's the default condition of humanity.




People talking about Stoicism remind me of the end bit of Equilibrium.




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