Stoic Kitsch

Stoicism has a problem, and it’s not just AI slop and red pilled influencers

A selection of thumbnails of Stoic videos on YouTube. A lot of Stoic material is illustrated with AI-slop that combine idealised masculine classical statues and modern body-building images, always with a morose expression. Most of these headlines make absolutely no sense in Stoicism and were likely created by opportunists hoping to make money from the S…