If you listen to the theologian and philosopher St Augustine, real freedom doesn’t mean the right to do anything whatsoever. It means being given access to everything that is necessary for a flourishing life – and, it follows, being protected from many of the things that ruin life.
- Alain de Botton, here.
Scientific Evidence That You Probably Don’t Have Free Will from io9
What Does It Really Mean To Be Free and Equal? — A talk by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
We are pushed and pulled according to the systems in which we find ourselves, and certain geometries ensure that none of us are as free as we might think. – Why cul-de-sacs are bad for your health, Slate
