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Join Massimo Pigliucci and his guest, William Irvine, for a conversation on how to approach life as a series of challenges to improve ourselves, rather than setbacks or catastrophes. The dialogue will focus on Bill's latest book, The Stoic Challenge, which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Challenge-Philosophers-Becoming-Resilient-ebook/dp/B07P9DC6TY/

William B. Irvine is professor of philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He has written A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy; A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't; and You: A Natural History. For more on his life and writings, visit his author website at WilliamBIrvine.com.

Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His books include How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Basic Books), A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control (The Experiment, with Greg Lopez), How to Live a Good Life (Vintage, co-edited with Skye Cleary and Dan Kaufman), and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk. His forthcoming book (out September 15th) is A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living. More by Massimo at massimopigliucci.com.

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Please note that meetup time is Eastern Standard Time. The event may be recorded, so that others may benefit from our discussion after the video gets posted online.

At the beginning of the meeting your audio will be off, but keep the video on, if you don't mind. This makes for less background noise and a more human interaction -- we see each other! That said, if you are participating by phone, please change your screen name, as the default will be your phone number, which you probably don't want to relate that to the world.

When you'd like to ask a question, raise your hand using Zoom's tool. When you are called on, your mic will be turned on (don't try to do it yourself, you'll simply interfere with my remote control), at which point you may ask your question. The mic will then be turned back off to allow for the next participant to speak.

Finally, during the event I will be busy and likely not able to monitor the chat, so see above if you'd like to ask a question or make a comment.

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