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Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied

William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)

Mar 31, 2023
01:54:37

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"No, we have not picked all the low-hanging fruit yet."

In this conversation, Caleb Ontiveros speaks with William Eden – a recovering economist turned biotech venture capitalist. They talk about a wide range of topics: the importance of history, whether Rome is a good analogy to today, Stoicism, voluntary discomfort, negative visualization, and Covid.

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(00:43) Introduction

(01:55) History

(13:23) Rome

(34:40) Will's Take on Stoicism

(58:50) Negative Actualization 

(01:07:54) Covid

(01:44:06) Lab Leak

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