Chapter 34: Free Will
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On The Good Place, Michael gives Eleanor special equipment so she can see some of the reboots, to demonstrate to her that she has had free will and constantly acted in ways that Michael couldn’t predict no matter how much he orchestrated. On the podcast, Elliot Goldberg and Jon Spira-Savett talk about (obviously) free will, and whether in Judaism and to us it’s more about philosophy or about how we experience our memories and our choices. Click here for show notes.
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