Really interesting analysis Tom. Haven't got to read Meditations, but did sometimes wondered why so many people who I would consider non-readers, certainly non-philosophy readers, have read it and got through it. Learnings seem bite sized and easily shared as well.
OMG! I hated all the images in this piece. They are so distracting. I get that was the point, however, it certainly interrupted the flow of your wonderfully insightful prose.
I am actually re-reading the book Meditations now. And loving it. There are so many verses that are so profound & I find myself taking refuge in them every now and then!
Good capture of the current "attention deficit" scenario!
Tom, Millennial Marcus Aurelius, denuded of his backwards baseball cap, and clad instead in a black beanie becomes strangely Tim Poolesque. Thanks for your suggestions on the Four C’s. Today, I’ll just focus on keeping it concise. See you on the Substack flip side!
Really interesting analysis Tom. Haven't got to read Meditations, but did sometimes wondered why so many people who I would consider non-readers, certainly non-philosophy readers, have read it and got through it. Learnings seem bite sized and easily shared as well.
Thanks, Kevin! I can’t recommend it more strongly alongside these books too: https://www.tomwhitenoise.com/bookshelf
OMG! I hated all the images in this piece. They are so distracting. I get that was the point, however, it certainly interrupted the flow of your wonderfully insightful prose.
I am actually re-reading the book Meditations now. And loving it. There are so many verses that are so profound & I find myself taking refuge in them every now and then!
Good capture of the current "attention deficit" scenario!
Thank you!
Tom, Millennial Marcus Aurelius, denuded of his backwards baseball cap, and clad instead in a black beanie becomes strangely Tim Poolesque. Thanks for your suggestions on the Four C’s. Today, I’ll just focus on keeping it concise. See you on the Substack flip side!
Amen!
I'm glad our conversation sparked such a great post. And I would add my recommendation of Meditations to Tom's. It's a great book.
Thank you for listening to me prattle on!
Thanks for the shout out Tom. It was scary seeing those data on declining attention 🫣
Marcus Aurelius as a millennial is pure gold! haha
And just for the record (because I lost some subscribers who didn't realise my thread boi post was satire): my thread boi post is satire
That’s the very sign of good satire!
great post! i would completely agree and i actually mentioned something similar in a post about how substack and i guess social media in general has given us the dopamine of being gratified etc. check it out :) https://open.substack.com/pub/earthra/p/substack-is-so-self-obsessed?selection=9d16c534-cef1-4bd1-a3da-21cc42159440&r=cvgd5&utm_medium=ios
Excited to read!
thank u i hope u enjoy :)))
Great post!
Thank you!
If Marcus is algebra, Nietzsche is calculus!