Stoicon-X New York!

What? You can't make it to the annual Stoicon in Athens, on October 5th? (https://modernstoicism.com/save-the-date-stoicon-2019-in-athens/)

Well, that's a dispreferred indifferent, of course. But you do have an alternative, if you live in New York City: Stoicon-X New York will take place on Thursday, September 19th, at the Society for Ethical Culture.

Join Massimo Pigliucci, author of the new "A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control" (https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-New-Stoics-Week-Week-ebook/dp/B07H12FP42/), Bill Irvine, author of The Stoic Challenge (https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Challenge-Philosophers-Becoming-Resilient/dp/0393652491/), and Don Robertson, author of "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius" (https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Roman-Emperor-ebook/dp/B07D2C5NNV/) for a triple feature event beginning at 6pm.

Program:

6:00pm - Welcome to Stoicon-X New York (Massimo Pigliucci)

6:10pm - Don Robertson: How to think like a Roman emperor

6:35pm: Q&A with Don

6:45pm - Bill Irvine: The Stoic challenge

7:10pm - Q&A with Bill

7:20pm - Massimo Pigliucci: How to thrive in a world out of your control

7:45pm - Q&A with Massimo

8:00pm - Book signing by the authors

(Event over by 8:30pm)