Saturday, 3 June 2017

"It can seem hard to reconcile the fact that we are not truly responsible for the lives we lead with the countless choices we make every day –what to eat, what to wear, whether to lie or tell the truth, whether to stand up for ourselves or suffer in silence. After all, I’m choosing to type these words and you’re choosing to read them. However, the act of making a choice does little to confer responsibility. The reason for this is simple: we make choices with a brain we didn’t choose."

"It can seem hard to reconcile the fact that we are not truly responsible for the lives we lead with the countless choices we make every day –what to eat, what to wear, whether to lie or tell the truth, whether to stand up for ourselves or suffer in silence. After all, I’m choosing to type these words and you’re choosing to read them. However, the act of making a choice does little to confer responsibility. The reason for this is simple: we make choices with a brain we didn’t choose."

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