On the Shortness of Life

A bit lecturey, but I guess that's the point. And yes, it is incredible how incredibly immediate Seneca's lecture TED talk teachings feel, given this was written 2,000 years ago. I credit some of that to the superb translation, as well as, of course, the timelessness of Seneca and Stoicness. Indeed, I was surprised these past few days how often I'd be either reading the book and immediately applying it to some present-day issue in my own life, or how often I'd be living my life and then think suddenly, “Oh my God, I'm doing exactly what Seneca said!”

Sic semper silly human nature, I guess?