Nestory, I'll avoid the quote wall, but I have a question:
How, exactly, would you define the difference between influences and compulsions? Does it really matter if the subtle waft of baked goods, barely noticed by me, inevitably causes me to buy some bread, or if my wife threatening to divorce me if I forget to buy fucking bread again inevitably causes me to buy some bread? Unless someone phsycially controls me, like with a brain implant or something, it seems that both purchases are an expression of my self-- specifically an expression of the self as it seeks to function well in its environment.
How, exactly, would you define the difference between influences and compulsions? Does it really matter if the subtle waft of baked goods, barely noticed by me, inevitably causes me to buy some bread, or if my wife threatening to divorce me if I forget to buy fucking bread again inevitably causes me to buy some bread? Unless someone phsycially controls me, like with a brain implant or something, it seems that both purchases are an expression of my self-- specifically an expression of the self as it seeks to function well in its environment.
