Walter White was drawn into that life as sure as water runs downhill. Watching him go deeper and deeper was like repeating “step” in GDB.
From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Jochen Fromm Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 1:34 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: [FRIAM] Breaking Bad and Free Will Since one of you mentioned today that free will is a recurring FRIAM topic I was thinking about it and found this SCIAM article that argues that human beings do have the power to make conscious choices. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/free-will-is-only-an-illusion-if-you-are-too/ On the other hand the drug addicts in Breaking Bad and elsewhere clearly demonstrate that drug addiction inevitably takes away our free will and replaces it by a strong compulsion to get and consume the drug, no matter how devastating the consequences are. Robert McKee says in his book "Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting" that true character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure. Could you say that a strong character or personality reduce our free will too, because they restrict our choices and decisions? -J.
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