Sigma Male Stoicism
Who knew “sigma” was Ancient Greek for “desperate?”
Stoicism is a philosophy invented in ancient Greece that fully flowered in ancient Rome. It was an intellectual invention responding to its time and place two millennia ago. The stoic worldview was a grim adaptation to the emerging new world order of empire and cultural diversity.
In our contemporary age, stoicism has become a pop psychology meme. Self-help gurus stripped out the gritty resignation of stoicism and paved it over with New Age platitudes.
Most recently, stoicism has been hijacked by the virtual manopshere. There’s a noticeable trend on the Internet, especially on YouTube, advocating a new form of mega badass maleness beyond all previous forms of asshole maleness. This new incarnation is called “sigma male stoicism.”
The “sigma male stoic” videos are produced almost exclusively using AI. Whatever men are…
