The Cultural Conflict of Environment

[daftspunk]

If you grew up in India you would be a product of that environment. This is probably the first and only time you can blame, or credit, your environment because you have absolutely no say in the matter. Beyond this point your environment becomes increasingly decided. At school you decide to hang out with the stoners or the nerds and you will

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[gonzodoc]

Sam, it has been a long time. Like the post, quite an interesting topic. Like the message for happiness and the traps.

But if you will humor me for just a second on a theoretical level, at what point do the decisions you make become your own, and why? I would argue that the only reason you make particular decisions at any point is a combination of learning (a product of environment) and genetic predisposition, neither of which are within your control in the first instance. From the first point a decision is made, you will experience a consequence, which is not within your control and from which you will learn. Actions based on consequences and consequences that lead to action, ad infinitum.