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Is Freedom Overrated? [Lawrence Yeo]

The Examined Life

CHAPTER

The Importance of Introspection in Freedom

I think that the missing variable there was that I didn't even know what I really wanted. And I think this is where the argument for freedom starts to break down when you, when you chase it with the idea that you think you know what you want once you are free without the experiential knowledge to back that up. It's like, of course, money lends itself to freedom, but even freedom in itself, it has to be grounded in self-awareness and introspection.

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