Reading Jacques the Fatalist and His Master | Alexandria
Read Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. Breaking expectations, this icon of Enlightenment thought revealed how our cherished belief in free will might be an illusion. Through a witty master-servant tale, Diderot shows that even our most intimate choices follow unseen patterns - a revelation that eerily foreshadowed today's debates about algorithmic determinism and human agency.