ye, the artist formerly known as kanye west, has agreed to buy the social media platform parler, which describes itself as a free speech alternative to mainstream platforms. last week, the artist s twitter and instagram accounts were locked, after he posted anti semitic messages. parler has struggled against its bigger rivals in recent months, after seeing rapid growth during the 2020 us elections. joining me now is russ mould, who s the investment director at aj bell. so, kanye west is buying parler, what do you make of the move? to parler, what do you make of the move? ., . , parler, what do you make of the move? ., ., , , ., , move? to have my strongest toics, move? to have my strongest topics. rap move? to have my strongest topics, rap music move? to have my strongest topics, rap music and - move? to have my strongest topics, rap music and social. topics, rap music and social media. it is lovely to see you. ye will say he is a proponent of free speech and it will find
Stoicism can easily be misread as pessimistic because of its relentless focus on mortality and fragility. But its core message – contained in songs spanning generations – is profoundly empowering.
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about how some of his fellow humans are behaving and he said if you want to see good, be good. the stoics focus on what they can control. so often we disparate these in norma s often collective problems and the stoics want you to start really small. what can you do at home, what can you do in your neighborhood, what can you do in your community. how can you radiate the change that you want to see in the world from your position of influence as opposed to just sort of railing impotently at these forces that are beyond each and every one of us. ben: in a certain sense, what they are telling you is to pay attention to what you can do in your neighborhood. what you can do on that smaller scale as opposed to spending your day ranting on social media or, you know, hash tagging away, start looking at the things you can do that are closer to home. is this something you try to do in your own life? what does that look like? every morning i go for a walk
ben: if there was ever a time that the american spirit needed healing and redemption, it s now. in the last year, our nation was on the verge of self-destruction from political operative race riots and a disastrous pandemic, so as we maneuver through this dark time in our history, we turn to lessons of ancient philosophy is our guide. joining me now, author of lives of the stoics, ryan holliday. thanks for having me. ben: i was left talking to you because you bring such an amazing perspective on this important aspect of living. what are some of the lessons that we can take away from the history of the stoics that we should apply to today, coming out of this pandemic, facing some new challenges in the nation? it seems like a time we ought to turn back to their lessons. what are some of them? that s right. just as we are going through a plague and racial violence and