Person of Interest and the Illusion of Free Choice
If an algorithm can predict your next move from your likes and pauses, the real question isn't who's watching — it's whether you're choosing anything at all.
Free Will
Trapped Between Old Photos and the Algorithm’s Guesses
Between a phone that resurfaces old photos and algorithms that predict what comes next, philosophers ask an uncomfortable question: where did the…
Dark, Schopenhauer, and the Question of Free Will
The Netflix series Dark hides a real philosophical argument inside its time loops: Schopenhauer's claim that you can want what you want,…
What Oldboy Teaches Us About Free Will and Fate
Behavioral conditioning, learned helplessness, and Schopenhauer's illusion of will: how Oldboy turns a revenge thriller into a philosophy lesson about fate.