Stoicism is not about being apathetic towards the world but bearing the weight of the world. Not because someone told you, not because you want to be popular or any form of personal gain. But because you choose to. And that is the true form of detachment. You change your inner world to change the outer world. The change should start within oneself and bend reality to your will.
Sounds circular reasoning to me. He asked him why he chooses to do something and his answer was that he chooses to. I found everything the agent was saying more profound than Neo’s answer. Why does he choose to if there’s no meaning?
That’s the point though, isn’t it? Because he has the ability to choose. The agent is a program and doesn’t necessarily ’choose’ to do anything because it is programmed to do exactly its job.
I think it’s lame. I have the ability to do a lot of things that I don’t exercise just for the sake of I guess. I can see how it’s a scene to point out the difference between a program and a human though.
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u/yevelnad 15d ago
Stoicism is not about being apathetic towards the world but bearing the weight of the world. Not because someone told you, not because you want to be popular or any form of personal gain. But because you choose to. And that is the true form of detachment. You change your inner world to change the outer world. The change should start within oneself and bend reality to your will.