The default path has given us the freedom to earn money and spend it as we please, work in different fields, and have some control over our lives, but keeps many trapped in a pseudo‑freedom where one is free from absolute oppression but not free enough to act with a high degree of agency. The pathless path is the deliberate pursuit of a positive version of freedom. Revisiting Fromm’s definition, “the full realization of the individual’s potential, together with his ability to live actively and spontaneously,” we see that developing our own sense of agency is vital.159 Thus, figuring out what
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