Stoic Reflection Issue №15

Fame in a World like This is Worthless

I went on a date with a woman from Bumble last week. We are both 30, and so we were talking about life paths and such, all those things you have conversations about as you get older to not waste each others’ time.

She mentioned the desire to start an “empire,” to own property all over the world, to have a highly-successful business. In short, a highly ambitious woman.

I respect ambition, and in no way did I feel some sort of threat to date a woman who could potentially…