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Dec 2020
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Each of Us Has a Job to Do

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"Today, we find ourselves in the teeth of a global pandemic, one with a mortality rate close to the Antonine Plague that killed millions of people during Marcus Aurelius’ reign. Our medical efforts are running behind. Our supply chains are overtaxed. The cowardice and incompetence of many governments (or rather the heads of many governments, since responsibility falls on the leader, whether they accept it or not) has been laid bare. 

So what do we do?"

Ryan explains how we must handle this new, dangerous stage of the pandemic, on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.

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