I liked this idea at first, then as I've tried to live it, it's not worth it. I don't buy the stoic idea that you're responsible for all your own pain, or of trying to control your reactions and kill off your emotions. It's not worth it, and I'm not sure why someone would subject themselves to that in the name of "virtue". What the hell do you even do in life with no ego? You have no motivation, you can't feel, you don't care abut anything...

"Ego" is life. So is attachment. Without it, you're basically walking dead with nothing inside. There's nothing false about it, and it has as much potential to be a wonderful thing as a painful thing; that undulating duality is what life is made of.