The Deep End - The Autogenic Realist

The Deep End

Choice Without Free Will: A Framework for Meaningful Agency

Autogenic Realism resolves the tension between determinism and agency by reframing choice as a structural property, not a metaphysical exception. We can experience meaningful agency within causal systems through self-modeling, simulation, and feedback integration.

The Deep End

When Narratives Evade Reality: A Structural Analysis

Untestable narratives process imagination as fact, creating developmental costs through feedback evasion. Viable alternatives maintain falsifiability while addressing meaning needs through engagement with actual conditions.

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Against the ‘Authentic Self’: Deconstructing a Cultural Fetish

The pursuit of authenticity can treat feedback as interference rather than vital data. This limits growth by rejecting adaptation. Focus instead on the alignment between structure and constraints that enhances viability and vitality under changing conditions.