The ancient Stoics had critics in their own time: Robertson quotes one writer who said its adherents were destined to “grow old in the torpor of a sluggish and, as it were, nerveless life.” ...

Thousands of social media accounts were sharing quotes and aphorisms that went viral ... in selected readings and exercise ...

Yet its adoption in these spaces risks turning a rich philosophy into a buzzword, stripped of depth by viral threads and motivational quotes. The rise of Stoicism in tech and online circles ...