🏞️ Sign up for free and exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/subscribe Massimo Pigliucci is a world-renowned Stoic philosopher. He teaches how to gain control of your life and on how to become a principled, good person. He’s in the tent today to explain the reasoning that leads to happiness and good decisions. WELCOME. TO. CAMP. 🏕️ Thank you to our sponsors: Marek Health, Bespoke, Bluechew, Morgan & Morgan Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 15% off of their first monthly shipment! Go to https://bespokepost.com/campgagnon and enter code [CAMPGAGNON] at checkout. Edited and Produced by Chris Papastefanou, Miles Mccreery, Archer ** TIME STAMPS ** 00:00 Intro 0:45 How do I become a better person? Explaining stoicism 8:02 Dealing with things outside of your control 14:11 Recognising when things were changing 18:18 How to control the ego + dealing with externals 30:13 Are you fooling yourself? 33:58 Defining virtue 40:27 Human excellence is being pro-social and rational 50:26 Can rage ever be useful? 55:10 Social media exploiting anger 59:14 Living life with character + Christianity inherited stoicism 1:09:24 Dealing with ethical dilemmas 1:19:57 Progress over perfection 1:26:31 Having the wisdom to know you can’t control 1:37:11 Mark’s wrestling with moral judgments 1:43:25 Does anger exist for a reason? 1:48:30 Xenophobia once had a use + we’re a citizen of the world 1:56:51 Who was Marcus Aurelius? 2:10:49 Categorical imperatives + world becoming a better place 2:16:56 How do I vote ethically? 2:26:32 Does stoicism allow for revolution? 2:33:28 Role of stoicism in art + Cicero was a joker 2:47:19 Must art have a message? Comedy dealing with taboo