The Daily Stoic - Where Are They Now?

Episode Date: January 8, 2020

It’s a staple of entertainment shows and those clickbait-y links at the bottom of the page on news websites: Where are they now? What happened to those famous TV stars of your youth? You’ll never believe what so-and-so is up to today.Funnily enough, Marcus Aurelius liked to play this game too. He’d say: Think about the emperors who came before you. Think about this famous conqueror or that notorious philosopher. Think of the wealthy or the powerful with their insatiable appetites and ambitions. Where are they now?They’re dead. That’s what he’d say. They’re dead and gone and almost completely forgotten.It’s a humbling thought, one that we could all be reminded of from time to time. Because the celebrity stories are skewed by the survivorship bias. The reporter either tells you about how so-and-so went on to huge stardom or how they struggled with addiction for years but are finally turning things around. Maybe the story tells you that the band broke up and now that rockstar is a school teacher in Cleveland. But inevitably, where they are now is “alive.” It’s never that the hard hand of fate took them from us too early. It’s never that international fame helped them beat cancer. It’s never that they got old, drifted into obscurity, passed away, and the world moved on.But this happens and it is inexorable. No matter who we are or what we’re doing. We all, in our own way, with enough time, end up like the punchline in this Clickhole article: 7 Famous Dogs From The ’90s That Are Definitely Dead Now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Where are they now? What happened to those famous TV stars of your youth? You'll never believe what so-and-so is up to. Funnily enough, Marcus really is like to play this game too. He'd say, think about the emperors who came before you. Think about this famous conqueror or that notorious philosopher. Think of the wealthy or the powerful with their insatiable appetites and ambitions. Where are they now? They're dead. That's what he'd say. They're dead and gone and almost completely forgotten. It's a humbling thought. One, we could all use a reminder of

from time to time. Because the celebrity stories are skewed by the survivorship bias. The reporter either tells you about how so and so went on to huge stardom or how they struggled with addiction for years, but are finally turning things around. Maybe the story tells you that the band broke up and now the rock star is a schoolteacher in Cleveland. But inevitably, where they are now is alive. It's never the hard hand of fate took us from them too early. It's never that international fame didn't help them beat cancer.

It's never that they got old drifted into obscurity passed away and the world moved on. But this happens and it is inexorable. No matter who we are or what we are doing, we are all in our own way. And with enough time, end up like the punchline in this clickhole article, seven famous dogs from the 90s that are definitely dead now. If you like the podcast that we do here and you want to get it via email every morning, you can sign up at dailystoic.com slash email. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic early and ad free on Amazon music. Download the Amazon music app today, or you can listen early and ad free with Wondery

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