“Freedom lies in expressing your own determinism, not somebody else’s. It is not the determinism that makes a difference, but the ownership. If freedom is what we prefer, then it is preferable to be determined by forces that originate in ourselves and not in others.”

—  Matt Ridley , book Genome

Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 22 “Free Will” (p. 313)

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