Tiff’s Reviews > Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will > Status Update

Omg. Home stretch. This is a phenomenal book. I’ve loved Sapolsky for years, but I’m even more pleased to find out how much of a compassionate radical he is, all using logical arguments against free will. His rejection of criminal justice reform in favour of complete overhaul was so refreshing to read. What a fucking giant.

We probably wouldn’t all run amok if no one believed in free will. Atheists (whaddup!) aren’t any less moral than religious people.

Just finished the Nature Is Metal section, and my brain is sizzling in its own emergent system petri dish.

Just a thing to note: Robert Sapolsky’s lovely personality shines in the footnotes, which I didn’t know how to access at this point because digitized books have some notable drawbacks re: design.

Pretty great beast of a book so far. It’s been nice getting a refresher on Sapolsky’s greatest neuroscience research from previous books, and I’m looking forward to the section that explores the societal implications of the acceptance that there is no free will.