By Tammy Thornton Hinckley David Mamet, in his Masterclass on storytelling, casually mentioned Stoic philosophy. He referred to the ancient thinkers as “the porch guys” and encouraged aspiring writers to “only aspire to the things you can award yourself.” It was an unassuming yet impactful nudge toward Stoicism, which neither my friend and business partner, ...| Ivy Style
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Thank you for all of the good thinking. I thought I would consolidate the feedback and do one more article before making a call. First, there was discussion about whether Ivy Style retains ownership over content because we do not pay for content. There were a few notes suggesting that we SHOULD pay, and that ...| Ivy Style
Editor’s Note: This is not a political site anymore, it is a club where we speak civilly and think hard. Please be mindful of same in your comments to this post. If you are not new to the site, forgive my repeating the story, but if you are new, here’s what happened. About a decade ...| Ivy Style
So over at FB people write me questions from time to time privately. In case you aren’t over there with us (and a lot of you are not, and I get it, we don’t need another comment on how you don’t do FB) I thought it would be interesting to place them here. I am ...| Ivy Style
