One problem with being the center of the universe is that there are an infinite number of directions leading elsewhere so deciding where to go next can be difficult. In other words the problem of free will is options. As a child it would occasionally occur to me that the shortest distance to where I wanted to go was through the crop fields and so that was the option I choose. That brings up the other point about options which is that if you have enough time, all options are equally good. It’s that time thing that makes certain choices better than others.
From the beginning of the American Revolution there has been a progressive view of the individual which believes the average human has enough intelligence to make good choices and live a good life as long as the dangers and pitfalls of living were well known. The trouble with average is like the trouble with normal, and that being there is a lot of abnormal and below average mixed into whole, and they take up time and screw up options. That plus the fact that danger has a way of morphing into new and unexpected surprises has from the beginning of our society pressured progressive individualism back toward progressive government.
From the beginning of the American Revolution there has been a progressive view of the individual which believes the average human has enough intelligence to make good choices and live a good life as long as the dangers and pitfalls of living were well known. The trouble with average is like the trouble with normal, and that being there is a lot of abnormal and below average mixed into whole, and they take up time and screw up options. That plus the fact that danger has a way of morphing into new and unexpected surprises has from the beginning of our society pressured progressive individualism back toward progressive government.
