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0:00Do we have free will? Do we not have free will? You got to hold the mic if we’re going to be in the conversation. You got it. This is for my YouTube. This is for We Them Media. We Them Media. What do I think about free will? I think free will is, I think it’s real. You know, I think we get to choose how we see our reality and we get to choose how we respond to our perception of reality. And so for me, you know, I can tell you my purpose is to address this that doesn’t fucking work in my life. And I get to choose that. I also get to choose to be a fucking victim and be like,
0:24Damn, my life sucks. This shit is ass and lay in my bed. And I’m not saying it’s easy to choose something different. Grief is real. We have learned helplessness. I’ve struggled with that shit But I think we have a choice. What about you? What do you think? What do I think? We Them Media, what was your name again? Maceo. Maceo. Maceo from We Them Media I don’t know, man And I’m searching for an answer You know, had you asked me Until this motherfucker gave me a book on this Had you asked me this two months ago What was the book, bro? Free Will, Sam Harris
0:52I would have told you that, man, just what you said That we have the ability to respond to our situation But from what I understand and I’m repeating things that you’ve studied that I don’t know that much about. Apparently we do not. Apparently, our actions are not that they’re predetermined, but that we are internally reacting to things. And what I’m saying to you right now, it may come off the cuff. My brain’s already determining these words. I’m in my head justifying them to you. Just like the actions. I’m going to justify them to you. Our brain has already decided how we’re going to respond to certain circumstances
1:31That’s our nervous system, that’s just our nervous system Yeah, but what’s the difference? You can choose to stop justifying right now I don’t think so, man What are you justifying in your life right now?
1:41Shit, man, I don’t know Talking to you, brother, I’m trying to get into this fucking venue I want to see some shit, but I’m out here talking to you I procrastinate sometimes and I justify it That’s real, right? That’s a low-stakes example But I can be like, Maceo, you’re a fucking lazy guy with no integrity That’s real, if I’m procrastinating as much as I am My follow through is lacking Nah, it’s like different than that, man It’s um
2:07It’s different than that, man
2:11It’s I don’t know I’ll give you an example Like, you know, someone you’re walking out on the street And someone starts talking shit Like, what do you do in that? Like, you go through
2:25I don’t know where I’m going with this picture Let me, let me jump out of this man, sorry So why are you saying there’s no free will? Anti-video guy, you wanna say there’s no free will? It’s okay, it’s okay Well, can I ask you one more question? If you could ask people around the world one question, what would you ask them? Do you watch No?
2:45Why aren’t you doing what makes you happy? Because I don’t know that answer, man What makes you happy? You don’t know yet?
