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Stoicism - A philosophy that originated in the ancient world and still has many adherents today. Stoics seek to control their emotions and preserve their happiness in the face of adversity.
Jack Dorsey - The co-founder and former CEO of social media site Twitter, now renamed X.
Epictetus - A Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery.
Ideology - Set of beliefs.
Individualism - The political philosophy that values the rights of the individual over society. It is a key idea in liberal democracies and modern capitalism.
Friedrich Nietzsche - A German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture (1844 – 1900), who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
Disenchantment - The feeling of disappointment with something you once admired.
Context - The circumstances around an event that mean it can be fully understood.