The Death of Free Will
There is a quiet assumption most of us carry without ever examining it: that we are in control of our own attention. That every video, every scroll, every click is something we chose. But what if the machine got there first? What if free will, the thing you’re using right now to trust your own judgment, to believe you’re in control of this exact moment, has already been switched off? Not stolen in one dramatic act. Just worn away. Recommendation after recommendation after recommendation. Quietly. Without alarm. Without objection and without you ever noticing it was gone.
00:00 The Death of Free Will
01:56 Is free will even real?
13:00 Money Games
19:29 Engineering Compliance
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@Lola8547love
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I watched “the 2020s are in an identity crisis” and this just seemed like the best follow up video
@rmt3589
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
13:29 $450. It's almost half.
13:49 50%, best chance of not losing anything.
@videoskull
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I love how this video manipulated me for 33 mins to make the illusion of choice for choosing to click on the recommended video at the end; but my free will said no in the last sec
@rmt3589
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
4:17 Wasn't this like fully disprove? I know atomic decay disproves it, but thought there was a whole thing. Can't remember rn.
@MoxieMaye
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
1:00 I didn't exactly intentionally search out THIS video. But also, the algorithm didn't feed it to me. This topic bothers me so much that a while ago I turned off and erased my YouTube watch history and I only check my subscriptions page regularly. So the channels I am subbed to are choosing my content. Which somehow makes me feel a little better than the algorithm doing it.
@Esso-Depresso
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
thats how you get a sub.
@FloopyNupers
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Curse you, algorithm
@JuttiMeriOyeHoiHoi
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Even if the "veto" is real, I think it's still entirely consistent with determinism. After all, the agent exercising the veto is deciding on a course of action for some reason (i.e., the causal chain of events up to the point you make the choice). You may have agency, but the agency isn't free. Any agent that makes a choice at any level of consciousness has been shaped by the deterministic universe. Ultimately, I don't think free will is possible, but I do think that we need to live our lives as if it is, because individual responsibility and accountability are absolutely necessary. At the same time, remembering that we don't have free will can help us to be more compassionate by trying to understand the reasons that people make the choices they do.
@nuvostef
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I clicked because I’m subscribed to your channel and your thumbnail appeared in my menu.
@Sam-op7qz
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
The FX show DEVs perfectly summarizes @3:46 – incredible show covering the ideas of determinism and Laplace’s theory.
@Largoon1267
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
For the money games section, I chose both guaranteed outcomes due to the fact that I'm more comfortable with losing $50 than having a fair chance at losing $1100. It just makes more logical sense.
@princeekeson12
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Algorithms know us better than we know ourselves.😅
@aqema
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I choose 50% chance to get 1000 bucks. I also choose the 100% chance to lose 500. Ok, let's see what this is about. Edit: Oh I have to elaborate on the thought process. Well I guess if I absolutely lose, I lose 500. If I absolutely win I get 500, which is more than the 450 I would get if I chose 100% 450 and then 50% 1100 loss. If I choose 100% 450 and then 100% 500 that's losing 50 bucks, that's not worth playing for. If I choose 450 but then 50% gamble on losing 1100, then I might lose 650 which is losing more than what I would lose if I don't win the 1000 like I'm expecting and also lose the 500 by 100% chance. So your suggestion would make a potentially worse option than my worst option. So I could lose 50 bucks at 100% certainty, which is not fun, or I could lose 650 at a 50% certainty which is not good. Or I could lose 500 with idk how much certainty, I am bad at math, but that seems more fun. I chose the maybe 1000 definitely -500 option.
@jedeye777
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I just scroll all day and listen to those who arent shouting at me or telling me Im problematic. Learning new things keeps me interested.
@WeskerVT
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I believe life is hard determined but also relatively tied to your fate/Destiny and this goes for the people who create the algorithms, rules, laws ect. Its indifferent.
@ChristopherWilliams-y7y
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Well, Bye. lol
@Uncle_rockstar
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
2 minutes in and i made a decision to watch another video instead of this bs. Bro never heard of TV and Radio
@nastynategreenlotus
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
I looked up aperture to find this does that count??
@indianbro9519
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
there is no algorithm working for me , i choose to open youtube over my pc and then as my homepage gets no recommendations due to watch history being cleared and paused . i choose to go to your channel and out of all your videos i choose to watch this one because i never explored this idea. so is the point described in first few minutes of this video still stands.
@SteveGunderson26
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Choice to click on this video was entirely mine because i a subscriber to the channel and enjoy the content very much
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Estás confundido no sabes ni dónde está parado créeme que yo vine con un propósito que no tiene nada que ver con ustedes y ni siquiera lo van a ver para nada yo no vengo a influir en los seres humanos ustedes hagan lo que quieran como quieran cómo lo hacen siempre yo quien soy para interrumpir lo que hacen ustedes
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
No hables de eso porque por ahí tu audiencia la verdad tiene apenas para comer igual estás hablando de capitalismo y de no sé qué que tampoco me interesa a mí porque la verdad eso eso hijo del enemigo eso es tuyo eso sale de tu alma no del alma de las personas nobles y puras
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Hijo de Dios mío no me queda duda ahora ahora no me quedo dudas está diciéndole a la gente todo lo contrario recapacitar necio estamos al libre albedrío eso es algo que nos pertenece y nadie nos va a sacar perfecto qué es el libre albedrío de la capacidad de decir hasta cuándo vamos a hacer con nuestra carne lo que queremos vamos por la vida haciendo por la tarde lo que queremos pero ustedes no entienden tu creador 20 años tuyo es un año para él y ahí es donde se confunde la gente decir si vamos a actuar con el libre albedrío pero es la verdad de no tener culpa de la sanidad de tener luz
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Y cómo sabes todo eso vos por qué no le decís a la gente cómo sabes que yo escucho música y hasta vos te confundí vez que caes en tu trampa acá en su trampa empieza meta me dejan de hackear tengo tres teléfonos hackeados Gracias a ustedes por eso sabes que escucho música y juego a los jueguitos y mientras tanto te voy vigilando a vos también
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Qué soberbia por favor no te puedo creer por favor estamos tomando decisiones vos no podés tomar decisiones ni siquiera de tu vida corazón no estás entendiendo ni voz ni nadie toma decisión de mí sabes quién toma decisiones de mí mi papá nada más nada más pero yo respeto tu lugar no sé quién sos pero deja de decir estamos tomando decisiones tomes decisiones de ustedes de ustedes nada más yo interfieren ustedes por favor
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Qué capacidad diminuta que tenés para retener las cosas el libre albedrío es algo que no se le va a sacar nunca al ser humano es de ustedes arquitectos de su destino es de ustedes nunca se le va a sacar ese poder a ustedes tienen ese poder y lo van a tener siempre
@MARIACELESTEBarboza-w9s
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 am
Cuál es la diferencia qué me va a vigilar un humano que me vigilen todo lo que quieran a vos te está vigilando la verdad que vos hiciste una campana en algo levantaste una campana que te están vigilando tres tres y no los vas a ver nunca nunca te están vigilando A vos y a meta todo el tiempo y no lo van a ver nunca y se trata de poder escribirte imaginas te cuento quién primero el primero que se está vigilando arcángel Miguel Guerrero Miguel
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