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Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy

Hidden Brain

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The Third Technique That Musonius and Other Stoic Philosophers Have Recommended

The way to develop an emotional immune system is by experiencing things that are going to make you unhappy. The stoics didn't think in these terms, because they know about immune systems. But it's a nice parallel. Think about somebody who lives in a palace and never has any go wrong. All it will take is the smallest little setback for that person to be a basket case.

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