are we free do we have choice can we
control our thoughts these are the types
of questions that initiates the cycle of
contemplations and lays out the
foundations for our understanding of
human existence the depths of our
ability to choose or not to evolves our
ability to innovate create and simply
enjoy due to this we must consider the
factors that enable us to pursue our
choices
that’s if we really are making our
choices we define choice as an act of
making a decision when faced with two or
more possibilities this explains that we
can derive our choices from a source and
then pick from one option or another
however this doesn’t explain the
underlying intangible force that really
propels us to making a decision we are
faced with a variety of choices on a
daily basis that range from concrete to
abstract whether we are aware of it or
not do you think the same factors that
allows us to pick a car allows us to
choose what we want to do for the rest
of our lives maybe it is a matter of
what we value maybe it is a result of
our conditioning maybe it is a
conception of how we feel
I suppose that as humans we tend to
formulate connections of where we think
our choices will get us such as a nicer
car for a sense of entitlement and a
better career for fulfilling life
concurrently our choices may reflect our
sense of purpose in life that if we
attach ourselves to what we find purpose
in then our choices represent our idea
of happiness this line of thought can be
organized into what many of you may know
as the free will and determinism debate
where free will explains that we can do
and choose as we please and determinism
claiming that each event is a result of
the last and that no matter what option
you choose you will arrive at the same
result inevitably
when we look at prominent historic
figures such as Einstein and Hitler we
envision a very different timeline of
events in their lives free will could
argue that the extremities of these
lifestyles is due to the separate
choices these individuals chose to make
determinism could argue that Einstein
would have discovered equals mc-squared
and Hitler would become the fear of
Germany if they liked it where they
liked it or not
if so then what is the perp
it seems inherent in our nature to
constantly strive for a greater good in
all aspects of life
but how does this apply when we witness
something horrific it’s possible that
our ability to choose something negative
actually shows us how vital it is to
choose what benefits us positively in
retrospect to our lives
if we can deliberately decide our
choices then this must mean that our
meaningful choices should be in tune
with our true selves for our innate
intentions are the underlying factors of
our choices back to the scenario we’re
picking a car and choosing a career
involve different values where one has a
greater impact on your life than the
other picking a car may take less
thought and time than picking a career
of course this is relative to the person
however is the idea that valuing one
option over another resonates even with
who we are and we want to be on small
scale is easier for me to decide what I
want to eat rather than what I want to
watch is this because I already know
what food will satisfy me possibly or
maybe there are so many options on TV
that I become overwhelmed in my pursuit
of what to watch regardless it is the
freedom of my choosing it allows me to
arrive at a satisfaction of my choice on
a larger scale when I have the power to
evaluate a political candidate will have
the power to issue law is that
correlated with my values it is the idea
of what that politician will bring to a
nation that I’m choosing rather than the
individual themselves this leads me to
believe that our choices can be the
intent of what we feel the manifestation
of our choices that matter more than the
physical choice themselves as a species
we tend use logic and reason as a core
foundation for our decisions we use
ration to navigate our way throughout
our lives but what happens when our
feelings and our emotions overwhelms
this logic and reason when we do based
on what feels right rather than what
seems right Sigmund Freud claims that we
do things for two reasons to gain
pleasure or to eliminate pain so when we
attend to our pleasures are we
experiencing freedom or actually being
restricted by the ability to think
rationally to put this into perspective
when we are in dire need of love and
affection many times we attend
first instance of love that we can grasp
well yes this can work out blissfully I
would also ask you if a lack of
consideration for your companion is a
twist that you deem free
you may even brace your human instincts
for human connection but what if you
felt that that was the only choice
you’ve had as long as as if our choices
act as a catalyst for the hope we wish
to fulfill in our lives and sometimes
when we attend to these pleasures within
our feelings our our choices our ones of
attachment and not just the appreciation
of them so we need to know that we are
making choices for the right reasons
especially when we consider them for
ourselves so due to this we have the
ability to choose one or the other when
we want to innovate within a new market
I mean you need to analyze the industry
we need to analyze its productivity we
need to understand how it all works an
understanding that allows us to
understand what we’re practicing for
that we are practicing something that is
true to us my point is that whether the
industry is really in need of renovation
or not we are doing we are choosing and
we are practicing what resonates with
ourselves on the other hand when we
question what the origins of the
universe are we have the ability to look
towards religion science our own
personal beliefs and more our belief
with what we attach ourselves to gives
us our peace and our happiness perhaps
is because we are not meant to know all
the answers with complete certainty but
the power alone in choice is what
matters most because of that is what
makes us human so as a species if we can
choose and therefore value peace this
must mean that we can also choose a lack
of peace involving greed and
discrimination so when we wonder why
events occur that attack our well-being
and actually do tear us from achieving
our goals we must consider that it is in
our nature to choose and not to
victimize ourselves by the choices of
others instead let’s take advantage of
the choices that we can control and make
sure to use them for the better now what
if I told you that it may all be an
illusion that I must examine the
contradicting side of choice where it
doesn’t exist and it isn’t real whereas
may actually be manipulated and
controlled in the sense that control is
a reflection of our conditioning what I
mean by this is not what you know may
only be a reflection of what you’ve been
governed to know with that being said do
our choices both daily and life-changing
have personal merit to them you know
very recently I was asked if reality and
truth are the same thing I’m not really
stuck with me a reality and truth the
same thing is what I know or at least
think I know known to be true and in
turn does that make it real this led me
back to my thought about how subject we
are to the systemic structures of our
society we must conform and have these
obligations so we can prosper
productively and for that mentality to
be distributed around the world a form
of control must be constituted but what
happens is this control it promotes a
unison among our behavior and sometimes
this unison inhibits the ability for us
to think for ourselves it is like being
thrown into a game and our subjective
experience within it is how well aware
of it we are this is because our ability
to be aware of manipulation and control
can actually serve us in ways that we
make choices in accordance to what we
truly value so when making a decision
are you making the twice as a being for
yourself or because you’ve been subject
to the systemic structures all around
you that tell you what to do what to
think how to act and how to feel is in
this repetition that governs our
conditioning and sometimes our choices
may not really be ours they may be the
product of the environment and the
people we are around or simply the
governed to be around so due to this
let’s say we go to a store and we
purchase something that we ever so
desire it is very likely that a form of
marketing had been done to promote this
well when that wendice market and
happenings odds are word of mouth main
us may seem like a direct form of
advertising we still do not know why we
are choosing it does it give us pleasure
possibly maybe even eliminate pain
however when we are being convinced to
attach ourselves to these things that we
desire that they will make us a worthy
citizen we fail to recognize that they
do not have much inherit meaning
and will not fulfill the being of who we
are similarly our idea for some of our
passions can be solely reflected for our
desire of money itself this is release
of choice because so many of our
decisions all the time revolve around
how much something costs when its value
is or how much we can earn from it well
yes I would agree that this is a very
rational way of exercising decisions so
that we can manage financial stability I
would ask that we dig deeper so we
understand how the dollar bill itself
has allowed an entire species to a role
revolve around its basic existence this
shift in conventional thought has
changed us from making decisions about
what matters to what is most practical
and in doing so we need to understand
that we operate within a system and the
system again conditions the way we think
from day one so we need to take a step
back and analyze our choices so that we
know that they are our own because if
they aren’t we need to also understand
that the way we relate to situations and
circumstances and events also guides our
outlook of them just because you’re not
aware of something does not mean it’s
not happening it is the very essence of
our consciousness to direct our focus to
what we are conditioned to understand
when we ask a question we have the
ability to arrive at the source of our
choices we may feel like the more
choices we have the more free we are but
how do you know that all of our choices
haven’t been distorted so we have an
altered perception of what all our
choices really are I remember when I
first delved into online shopping and
I’ve got to say it definitely felt more
free I had no restrictions of specific
companies and exclusive rights on
friends and especially while being at
the comfort of my own home and in doing
so again yes I did feel more free that I
could choose whatever I would like
however i was only free enough to choose
within what is being displayed to me
right there on my screen a more precise
example is when i was shopping online
for some soccer cleats and i had the
ability to customize any cleat that i
wanted from the color to the stud to the
shape it felt even more free however it
was then that I realized that I had the
inability to even think of a new color
it is
how illusions can be pertinent and so
many of our choices at within our daily
lives
where we only know what it is what
within what is being displayed to us and
within what we can see so on your next
creation your next design I challenge
you to think beyond what you already
know that you’re innovating because your
tweets and visions extend extend beyond
that way anything less than that is a
disruption a disruption that’s like a
background noise that you can’t help but
force your attention to that tells you
to abide to the ways of the norm because
we have that spark within all of us
we’re all inherently creative inherently
prosperous we all know what is true to
us we must utilize that and live through
our experiences because of the choice
that determines who we are and who we
want to be but I think when we try to
analyze everything we can comfortably
say that we don’t know what we don’t
know that factors of illusion factors of
freedom both influence our choices John
Paul Sartre says that we are our choices
understanding this highlights the
importance of twice itself so if our
choices are a direct reflection of who
we are then we can do and we can be
anyone we want in the world that our
restrictions do not line the things that
we cannot change about ourselves but in
the things that we can change and do
nothing about we must resonate with our
choices and know that they will always
be the right ones because our physical
experience in this world is a
reciprocation of our internal ideals and
owning our twice’s allows us to look
beyond the cloudiness of
institutionalized thought and disruption
I know that my choices and even all of
yours will always be the right ones as
long as they are inspired by our natural
and true selves how do I know this
because I choose it so it is my
unconditional reality how powerful is an
illusion of choice anyways if I know I’m
constantly engaging experiences that I
please so I may ask you again
are we free do we have choice and can we
control our thoughts thank you [Applause]
control our thoughts these are the types
of questions that initiates the cycle of
contemplations and lays out the
foundations for our understanding of
human existence the depths of our
ability to choose or not to evolves our
ability to innovate create and simply
enjoy due to this we must consider the
factors that enable us to pursue our
choices
that’s if we really are making our
choices we define choice as an act of
making a decision when faced with two or
more possibilities this explains that we
can derive our choices from a source and
then pick from one option or another
however this doesn’t explain the
underlying intangible force that really
propels us to making a decision we are
faced with a variety of choices on a
daily basis that range from concrete to
abstract whether we are aware of it or
not do you think the same factors that
allows us to pick a car allows us to
choose what we want to do for the rest
of our lives maybe it is a matter of
what we value maybe it is a result of
our conditioning maybe it is a
conception of how we feel
I suppose that as humans we tend to
formulate connections of where we think
our choices will get us such as a nicer
car for a sense of entitlement and a
better career for fulfilling life
concurrently our choices may reflect our
sense of purpose in life that if we
attach ourselves to what we find purpose
in then our choices represent our idea
of happiness this line of thought can be
organized into what many of you may know
as the free will and determinism debate
where free will explains that we can do
and choose as we please and determinism
claiming that each event is a result of
the last and that no matter what option
you choose you will arrive at the same
result inevitably
when we look at prominent historic
figures such as Einstein and Hitler we
envision a very different timeline of
events in their lives free will could
argue that the extremities of these
lifestyles is due to the separate
choices these individuals chose to make
determinism could argue that Einstein
would have discovered equals mc-squared
and Hitler would become the fear of
Germany if they liked it where they
liked it or not
if so then what is the perp
it seems inherent in our nature to
constantly strive for a greater good in
all aspects of life
but how does this apply when we witness
something horrific it’s possible that
our ability to choose something negative
actually shows us how vital it is to
choose what benefits us positively in
retrospect to our lives
if we can deliberately decide our
choices then this must mean that our
meaningful choices should be in tune
with our true selves for our innate
intentions are the underlying factors of
our choices back to the scenario we’re
picking a car and choosing a career
involve different values where one has a
greater impact on your life than the
other picking a car may take less
thought and time than picking a career
of course this is relative to the person
however is the idea that valuing one
option over another resonates even with
who we are and we want to be on small
scale is easier for me to decide what I
want to eat rather than what I want to
watch is this because I already know
what food will satisfy me possibly or
maybe there are so many options on TV
that I become overwhelmed in my pursuit
of what to watch regardless it is the
freedom of my choosing it allows me to
arrive at a satisfaction of my choice on
a larger scale when I have the power to
evaluate a political candidate will have
the power to issue law is that
correlated with my values it is the idea
of what that politician will bring to a
nation that I’m choosing rather than the
individual themselves this leads me to
believe that our choices can be the
intent of what we feel the manifestation
of our choices that matter more than the
physical choice themselves as a species
we tend use logic and reason as a core
foundation for our decisions we use
ration to navigate our way throughout
our lives but what happens when our
feelings and our emotions overwhelms
this logic and reason when we do based
on what feels right rather than what
seems right Sigmund Freud claims that we
do things for two reasons to gain
pleasure or to eliminate pain so when we
attend to our pleasures are we
experiencing freedom or actually being
restricted by the ability to think
rationally to put this into perspective
when we are in dire need of love and
affection many times we attend
first instance of love that we can grasp
well yes this can work out blissfully I
would also ask you if a lack of
consideration for your companion is a
twist that you deem free
you may even brace your human instincts
for human connection but what if you
felt that that was the only choice
you’ve had as long as as if our choices
act as a catalyst for the hope we wish
to fulfill in our lives and sometimes
when we attend to these pleasures within
our feelings our our choices our ones of
attachment and not just the appreciation
of them so we need to know that we are
making choices for the right reasons
especially when we consider them for
ourselves so due to this we have the
ability to choose one or the other when
we want to innovate within a new market
I mean you need to analyze the industry
we need to analyze its productivity we
need to understand how it all works an
understanding that allows us to
understand what we’re practicing for
that we are practicing something that is
true to us my point is that whether the
industry is really in need of renovation
or not we are doing we are choosing and
we are practicing what resonates with
ourselves on the other hand when we
question what the origins of the
universe are we have the ability to look
towards religion science our own
personal beliefs and more our belief
with what we attach ourselves to gives
us our peace and our happiness perhaps
is because we are not meant to know all
the answers with complete certainty but
the power alone in choice is what
matters most because of that is what
makes us human so as a species if we can
choose and therefore value peace this
must mean that we can also choose a lack
of peace involving greed and
discrimination so when we wonder why
events occur that attack our well-being
and actually do tear us from achieving
our goals we must consider that it is in
our nature to choose and not to
victimize ourselves by the choices of
others instead let’s take advantage of
the choices that we can control and make
sure to use them for the better now what
if I told you that it may all be an
illusion that I must examine the
contradicting side of choice where it
doesn’t exist and it isn’t real whereas
may actually be manipulated and
controlled in the sense that control is
a reflection of our conditioning what I
mean by this is not what you know may
only be a reflection of what you’ve been
governed to know with that being said do
our choices both daily and life-changing
have personal merit to them you know
very recently I was asked if reality and
truth are the same thing I’m not really
stuck with me a reality and truth the
same thing is what I know or at least
think I know known to be true and in
turn does that make it real this led me
back to my thought about how subject we
are to the systemic structures of our
society we must conform and have these
obligations so we can prosper
productively and for that mentality to
be distributed around the world a form
of control must be constituted but what
happens is this control it promotes a
unison among our behavior and sometimes
this unison inhibits the ability for us
to think for ourselves it is like being
thrown into a game and our subjective
experience within it is how well aware
of it we are this is because our ability
to be aware of manipulation and control
can actually serve us in ways that we
make choices in accordance to what we
truly value so when making a decision
are you making the twice as a being for
yourself or because you’ve been subject
to the systemic structures all around
you that tell you what to do what to
think how to act and how to feel is in
this repetition that governs our
conditioning and sometimes our choices
may not really be ours they may be the
product of the environment and the
people we are around or simply the
governed to be around so due to this
let’s say we go to a store and we
purchase something that we ever so
desire it is very likely that a form of
marketing had been done to promote this
well when that wendice market and
happenings odds are word of mouth main
us may seem like a direct form of
advertising we still do not know why we
are choosing it does it give us pleasure
possibly maybe even eliminate pain
however when we are being convinced to
attach ourselves to these things that we
desire that they will make us a worthy
citizen we fail to recognize that they
do not have much inherit meaning
and will not fulfill the being of who we
are similarly our idea for some of our
passions can be solely reflected for our
desire of money itself this is release
of choice because so many of our
decisions all the time revolve around
how much something costs when its value
is or how much we can earn from it well
yes I would agree that this is a very
rational way of exercising decisions so
that we can manage financial stability I
would ask that we dig deeper so we
understand how the dollar bill itself
has allowed an entire species to a role
revolve around its basic existence this
shift in conventional thought has
changed us from making decisions about
what matters to what is most practical
and in doing so we need to understand
that we operate within a system and the
system again conditions the way we think
from day one so we need to take a step
back and analyze our choices so that we
know that they are our own because if
they aren’t we need to also understand
that the way we relate to situations and
circumstances and events also guides our
outlook of them just because you’re not
aware of something does not mean it’s
not happening it is the very essence of
our consciousness to direct our focus to
what we are conditioned to understand
when we ask a question we have the
ability to arrive at the source of our
choices we may feel like the more
choices we have the more free we are but
how do you know that all of our choices
haven’t been distorted so we have an
altered perception of what all our
choices really are I remember when I
first delved into online shopping and
I’ve got to say it definitely felt more
free I had no restrictions of specific
companies and exclusive rights on
friends and especially while being at
the comfort of my own home and in doing
so again yes I did feel more free that I
could choose whatever I would like
however i was only free enough to choose
within what is being displayed to me
right there on my screen a more precise
example is when i was shopping online
for some soccer cleats and i had the
ability to customize any cleat that i
wanted from the color to the stud to the
shape it felt even more free however it
was then that I realized that I had the
inability to even think of a new color
it is
how illusions can be pertinent and so
many of our choices at within our daily
lives
where we only know what it is what
within what is being displayed to us and
within what we can see so on your next
creation your next design I challenge
you to think beyond what you already
know that you’re innovating because your
tweets and visions extend extend beyond
that way anything less than that is a
disruption a disruption that’s like a
background noise that you can’t help but
force your attention to that tells you
to abide to the ways of the norm because
we have that spark within all of us
we’re all inherently creative inherently
prosperous we all know what is true to
us we must utilize that and live through
our experiences because of the choice
that determines who we are and who we
want to be but I think when we try to
analyze everything we can comfortably
say that we don’t know what we don’t
know that factors of illusion factors of
freedom both influence our choices John
Paul Sartre says that we are our choices
understanding this highlights the
importance of twice itself so if our
choices are a direct reflection of who
we are then we can do and we can be
anyone we want in the world that our
restrictions do not line the things that
we cannot change about ourselves but in
the things that we can change and do
nothing about we must resonate with our
choices and know that they will always
be the right ones because our physical
experience in this world is a
reciprocation of our internal ideals and
owning our twice’s allows us to look
beyond the cloudiness of
institutionalized thought and disruption
I know that my choices and even all of
yours will always be the right ones as
long as they are inspired by our natural
and true selves how do I know this
because I choose it so it is my
unconditional reality how powerful is an
illusion of choice anyways if I know I’m
constantly engaging experiences that I
please so I may ask you again
are we free do we have choice and can we
control our thoughts thank you [Applause]
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