Hi Alex, thanks for reading! There are definitely aspects of Stoic philosophy I find compelling, too. But, yes, one of my goals with this piece was to encourage fans of Stoicism to engage more critically and more meaningfully with it. Massimo Piggliucci is a terrific scholar who applies Stoic thought to modern life in a fairly even-handed manner. He writes on Medium under Philosophy as a Way of Life. https://philosophyasawayoflife.medium.com/

But, Pigliucci has recently shifted away from Stoicism in favor of a more Pyrrhonian Skeptical stance. I wonder if he was fed up with Stoicism's misuse in pop culture, too.