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 In this episode, I get to sit down with author and social analyst Ryan Holiday. I wouldn't say that I know Ryan enough to consider him a close friend. But I have enjoyed every conversation I've had with him for the unique metacognitive perspective that he brings to all things on which he thinks speaks or writes. There are two things in particular that Ryan does that make him one of the most incisive analysts and best conversationalist in the public eye working today. In many ways, the overarching lens that I feel is missing from today's hyper partisan world is that of expecting conflicting truths to lie in Super positions. After all, why would anyone imagine that the simplified childlike positions of activists would be appropriate for those who issue hyper partisanship in favor of nuance? Well, I can't pretend to answer that question. I can't say that Ryan's ability to fully consider the validity of two or more evident truths that are at least nominally in conflict is all too rare in today's world of public intellectuals. Well, that itself is reason enough for me to tune into Ryan's perspective. There's something deeper that draws me towards his voice and way of thinking. All too often in my experience, the minority of social analysts who in the internet era can still properly entertain the dialectic in public, without bending to the activist mob, tend to stop there prematurely at a point of detachment. They frequently appear to be disinterested in reframing natural tensions for others so as to facilitate progress through synthesis and reconciliation. Instead, they often prefer the entertainment value of a continuing battle to a satisfying conclusion without Victor or vanquished. In particular, I've increasingly noticed a move towards studied in difference in the projection of personal apathy on the part of several metacognitive pundits and what seems to be a mechanism of self protection. I find that Ryan, by contrast is fairly open and sharing that he cares about the future deeply, but always in a thoughtful and measured way informed in an interesting fashion by his relationship to stoicism. That combination of caring without sanctimony makes him one of my favorite conversationalist in private, and I am glad that we got a chance to try to translate this into a public forum.