“You are an architect of your experience.” You are indeed partly responsible for your actions, even so-called emotional reactions that you experience as out of your control. 1/3

It is your responsibility to learn concepts that, through prediction, steer you away from harmful actions. You also bear some responsibility for others because your actions shape other people’s concepts and behaviors, creating the environment that turns genes on and off 2/3

to wire their brains, including the brains of the next generation. Social reality implies that we are all partly responsible for one another’s behavior, not in a fluffy, let’s-all-blame-society sort of way, but a very real brain-wiring way.” ― Lisa Barrett, How Emotions Are Made