As for Denton, what would he learn? What would he take away from it all? It would happen that he would turn to Stoic philosophy, detox from his media obsession, return to Europe, and in many ways become a better person. The joke about Denton had been that he was becoming happier, becoming human, but it really was true. It would be absurd to say he was grateful for what happened. No one enjoys seeing his life’s work undone. But there was an element of relief to it. He had come to understand what the Stoics meant by amor fati—loving, embracing the good in what has happened. A.J., too, was given
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