PDX Stoa (Stoic Philosophy Discussion Group)

Somewhere along the way, staying calm became bad for business. Outrage gets clicks. Anxiety keeps you scrolling. And entire industries have quietly built themselves around making sure your attention never really belongs to you.

Stoic philosophy is the original refusal to play along. Not detachment, not indifference - just the discipline of deciding what actually deserves your focus, and what's simply engineered to hijack it.

At this PDX Stoa gathering, we'll spend an evening practicing exactly that. We'll start with refreshments and snacks, then settle in for a relaxed conversation about steadiness, attention, and staying clear-headed in a world built to scatter you.

Whether you've been at this for years or you're just tired of feeling perpetually hijacked, come pull up a chair. Choosing where your attention goes is a quiet kind of rebellion and it's a lot easier to practice in good company.