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RE: Freedom Is Overrated

in #writing7 years ago (edited)

Interesting reading!

Just imagine you have an hour of free time. What would you do with it?

Even the first sentence of your article shows the relativity and the well hidden illusions behind various everyday words. There is not really such a thing as 'free time', as if the rest of it was in prison for first degree murder. We perceive it as 'free time' based on our everyday schedules, routines and habits. At any given moment you can consciously choose to quit what you are doing and simply do whatever you want.

The thing is that you also need to accept the consequences of your conscious choice. I think that the majority of the people havent realized they can really do anything they want. But that doesnt mean its necessarily positive for the society. A man can choose to break the law and steal an apple from a grocery store because in his mindset he has rejected the notion of private property and the legal system as a "cognitive creation". That would be correct. That moment that man would be free from these cognitive creations but possibly some seconds later he would have to deal with a situation regarding factors like the owners fist,his face and maybe an unexpected public dissaproval. What I mean is that words that describe concepts like time and freedom are so relative as much as the cognitions creating them.

Anyone has his own definition for any meaning and acts accordingly. Sometimes a lot of people tend to agree or disagree on a definition and also act upon that agreement or disagreement creating common interest groups or trying to kill each other.

So in the end I think that we cant really be sure about the complete consequences of our actions or about the truth (if such a thing exists), but we can act upon that knowledge. All we have to decide is what to do with the time (free or not) that is given us.

(Gandalf quietly clapping in the dark.)

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