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当机器积极取代人类劳动时，许多事物失去了意义。世界正在迅速变化，你需要一个坚实的框架来应对这一切。当Waymo取代出租车司机，Codex取代开发者时，许多人开始问：接下来该怎么办？在学校时，我认为斯多噶学派和享乐主义者是两个对立的阵营：一个追求快乐，另一个则是那些忍受一切的悲伤人们。事实证明，这种已有2000多年历史的哲学有着更有趣的观点。我的看法是：如果你将斯多噶的宿命论（万物皆由宇宙/理性预定）替换为萨特的激进存在主义自由（你本质上是自由的，并能塑造自己的命运），那么你就得到了没有神秘色彩的斯多噶伦理学——并将更多的责任放在你自己手中。在这个新斯多噶的框架中，人类的角色实际上是有意义的： - 服务于美德：智慧、勇气、公正、节制 - 为你周围的人和自然创造价值，并获得回报 - 接受所有事件作为一个系统的一部分（在这个系统中，死亡更接近热力学，而不是随之而来的惩罚或永恒的幸福）在这个框架内，更容易相信人类存在的目的不是在Jira上拖卡，不是写官僚报告，也不是做那些无意义的工作，这些工作最终都会被自动化。一个人应该努力创造——让他们的工作对自己和他人都有真正的意义和重要性。无论你是开发者还是鞋匠。我个人认识的大多数有影响力和成功的人，建造事物并不是为了赚更多的钱，而是因为他们迫切想要解决他们周围看到的问题。这就是他们的服务。在这个系统中，面对艰难事件时更容易保持尊严——知道你可以影响这些事件，但成功的程度各不相同。如果你想更深入地了解，可以阅读从马库斯·奥勒留到马西莫·皮柳奇的著作。这些都是同一个框架，只是应用于不同的现实。我很乐意与聪明的人讨论这些想法。

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When machines are actively replacing human labor, a lot of things lose their meaning. The world is shifting fast and you need a solid framework to navigate it. When Waymo replaces the cab driver and Codex replaces the developer, a lot of people start asking: what now?Back in school I thought Stoics and Epicureans were two opposite camps: one was all about pleasure, the other was sad people who just endured everything. Turns out a 2000+ year old philosophy has way more interesting ideas than that.Here's my take: if you replace Stoic determinism (everything is predetermined by the cosmos/logos) with Sartre's radical existentialist freedom (you are fundamentally free and build your own fate), you get Stoic ethics that actually work without the mysticism — and put way more responsibility in your own hands.In this neo-Stoic framework, the role of a human being actually makes sense:- Serve the virtues: wisdom, courage, justice, temperance - Create value for people and nature around you, receive value in return - Accept all events as part of one system (where death is closer to thermodynamics than something bad followed by punishment or eternal bliss)Within this framework it's much easier to believe that the purpose of human existence is not dragging cards in Jira, not writing bureaucratic reports, and not doing pointless work that will be automated anyway.A person should strive toward creation — where their work has real meaning and real significance, for themselves and for others. Whether you're a developer or a cobbler.Most of the influential and successful people I personally know build things not to make more money, but because they desperately want to solve a problem they see around them. That's their service.And it's within this system that it becomes easier to face hard events with dignity — knowing you can influence them, but with varying degrees of success.If you want to go deeper, read from Marcus Aurelius to Massimo Pigliucci. It's all the same framework, just applied to different realities.I’d be happy to discuss this thoughts with smart people

新斯多卡主义是21世纪的宗教。