Why Elon Musk Is Our Modern Version Of Seneca (And What You Can Learn From Him To Become Antifragile And Unstoppable)

Oscar Lagrosen
2 min readMar 28, 2022

Last Saturday, after publishing my atomic essay about Seneca, shipper Geeta Anjali showed me a fascinating correlation I did not see before:

Elon Musk is our modern version of Seneca

The correlations between our multi-CEO/meme-lord and the ancient Stoic master are the following:

  • Both are/were the richest men in the world (300 million dinari vs 260+ billion dollars).
  • Both keep/kept the riches without being corrupt by it.
  • Both take/took full advantage of the opportunities they saw.
  • Both direct/directed the messages to ordinary people. Instead of pleasing the elite, Seneca regularly advised his friends and community on Stoicism. Today, we can enjoy Elon’s unfiltered opinions on Twitter.
  • Both are/were antifragile and unstoppable.
  • Both invest/invested in good deeds without need for recognition, such as teaching how to live, saving humanity and the Earth. Elon is completely selfless in his actions.
  • Both mentally adjust/adjusted to being poor. In Elon’s case, he regularly sleeps on factory floors during intense episodes. During the pandemic, Elon…

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Oscar Lagrosen

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