No One Can Hold Anything Over You | Keeping “The News” In Check

<p>Many of the Stoics were powerful and privileged. Marcus Aurelius was born to a wealthy family and then was given the throne and the empire. Cato came from an old and prestigious family. But not all the Stoics were so lucky–Epictetus was born a slave. His teacher Musonius was exiled multiple times. Admiral James Stockdale, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/you-decide-the-end-of-this-story/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">whose heroics we’ve spoken of often</a>, was from an ordinary American family in Illinois.</p><p>Yet advantaged or disadvantaged, all the Stoics possessed a certain power, a certain freedom by way of their philosophy.</p><p>---</p><p>And today's entry of <em>The Daily Stoic Journal</em>, Ryan discusses why even the Stoics struggled with maintaining a balanced information diet, and therefore preached the benefits of favoring the everlasting wisdom found in books over daily news.</p><p><em>If you want to become a better reader, the Stoics can help. We built out their best insights into our&nbsp;</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/read-to-lead-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Read&nbsp;to&nbsp;Lead: A Daily Stoic&nbsp;Reading&nbsp;Challenge</em></a><em>. Since it first launched in 2019,&nbsp;Read&nbsp;to&nbsp;Lead&nbsp;has been our most popular challenge, taken on by almost ten thousand participants.&nbsp;</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/read-to-lead-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Sign up today</em></a><em>!</em></p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dai