Has anybody else picked this up yet? It’s really done a number on me. Prior to reading it I would consider myself a Stoic. One of my central philosophies being that “The choices I make define who I am”.
So obviously being told that my choices were never even mine to begin with was kind of a slap in the face.
It rings true though. The choices we make at any given time are a result of our genetics, or environment, the media we’ve consumed, how tired we are…
I’m not a stranger to the concept of Ego death but it had been a hot minute since I thought about it.
When people say they don’t believe in free will I’d like to punch them in the face until they admit I could decide to stop punching them in the face. Rinse and repeat if they continue to deny the most basic aspect of their own existence because some idiot told them they are an automaton.