The Focus A Stoic’s Take on Modern Celebrity: The Rise of Rogan, Peterson & the Role of Social Media
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May 30, 2022 
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Celebrity Expertise Limits
- Celebrity opinion should be trusted only in their area of expertise, not universally.
- Listening to celebrity views outside their domain often leads to spreading misinformation and lowering public discourse.
Social Media Fuels Anger
- Social media platforms are engineered to prioritize emotionally arousing content, especially anger-inducing posts.
- This design lowers the quality of public discourse and manipulates user attention to maximize profit.
Focus on Your Own Character
- From a Stoic perspective, focus only on improving your own character, not others' success or failures.
- External things like fame or wealth are irrelevant to personal moral development and should not distract you.