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Free will: who's in control?
"If you don’t choose how to use your time, others will choose for you. If you don’t choose what is important, others will choose for you. If you don’t choose what to think or believe, others will choose for you." (markmanson.net, Did You Decide Who You Are? (Or Did Someone Else?))
The idea that all our choices are determined by past events may seem dispiriting – but it can be emotionally liberating
Francis Merson • Recognise free will is an illusion and reap the emotional benefits | Psyche Ideas
There comes a moment in life, often in the quietest of hours, when one realizes that the world will continue on its wayward course, indifferent to our desires or frustrations. And it is then, perhaps, that a subtle truth begins to emerge: the only thing we truly possess, the only thing we might, with enough care, exert some mastery over, is our min
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What does it mean to make a decision ? What action are we taking. To what extent are we in control. When I’m considering something the options just seem to arise in my mind all on their own. It’s like I’m just an observer. In many ways it’s not a ‘free’ choice because it’s a choice between options that my mind can generate. What’s the distinction b
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Taking control of your own life, even if it means being on your own, reflects the mental model of agency: the capacity to make independent choices.
Taking control of your own life, even if it means being on your own, reflects the mental model of agency: the capacity to make independent choices.