Is This African Stoicism?
Classical Wisdom Speaks
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Social Cohesion Is a Part of the Philosophy of Innovation
I think it's interesting to think that personal responsibility, maybe we might think of that as very individualistic but that you're saying that it is with the goal of helping your community. Which is another interesting kind of overlap, I think, between these concepts because stoicism is very community based as well. So, maybe we can talk a bit more about how this philosophy and concepts rely on us being social creatures. We have to divide labor so that at the end of the day, all the collections, all the innovations that we bring to our community society or tribe, they all are cohesive in sort of making sure that we survive.
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