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Do Wikipedia editors need to be stoics?
According to Stoicism...
| “ | ... the path to happiness for humans is found in accepting the moment as it presents itself, by not allowing oneself to be controlled by the desire for pleasure or fear of pain, by using one's mind to understand the world and to do one's part in nature's plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly... | ” |
So is this a good school of thought to apply to everyday tasks on Wikipedia?
No more bad days. No more good days.
editIn the face of daunting odds on Wikipedia, though surely not so daunting as the odds of Mohsen Hojaji when the word "stoic" was connected to his final image, how stoic must we truly be here?
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Jedi's are suppose to stoics. In the words on Master Jedi Yoda... With a bit of stoicism wikipedians could do.
But there is a catch. Stoicism for Wikipedia editors can only be achieved through writing. It is our words here that create the images of our philosophy and it is the words through which we can define a person as a stoic here.
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Clearly not a stoic -
This looks more stoic like to me... maybe because I don't know what the symbols mean
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If you aren't a stoic by birth you could act like one?
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Even the most dashing of actors can be stoics like Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher -
See how happy he is! If Tim Robbins could pull stoicism off then anyone can! -
Acting with stoic determination!
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But...
editBut then again, what would happen to the significance of barnstars. Isn't receiving a barnstar suppose to be pleasurable? And if so, does being a stoic do injustice to the entire concept of giving and receiving them? (Sigh as some great philosopher once said, too much philosophy is one's ruin)
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Tested and tried, tired and weary, still holding in there though?
The most important part
editThe final part of the lines quoted say, "by using one's mind to understand the world and to do one's part in nature's plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly..." ... this seems important, really important, even to me, a wannabe stoic. But what would others think of a stoic Wikipedia editor? Are they are rarity nowadays... or are they more common than say the Epicureans?
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Would "Think of the children" argument work here? -
Together... cheers!
As an afterthought, bots on Wikipedia are the true stoics.
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But maybe we shouldn't be as stoic as this robot worker, nor like Ex Machina -
Maybe if you do have to be as stoic as a robot, be one that can play a trumpet.
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