Stoicism for Smartphone‑Era Isolation

The piece argues Stoicism’s popularity isn’t just about 'hard times' but about living alone with phones and feeds. It functions as a coping technology for a digitally isolated life—promising 'doomscrolling without the gloom'—yet risks downplaying justice and civic action. — Reframing a mass self‑help trend as adaptation to platform‑shaped loneliness highlights that solving isolation requires redesigning tech and rebuilding community, not only individual self‑discipline.