Here are two things I found useful in thinking about recent events in Afghanistan.
First is a piece by my friend who served there.
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I think he’s actually referring to fatalism when he talks about determinism. A fatalist believes the outcome is immutable. The determinist believes that effect follows cause and you can change the output by changing the input. I see either fatalism or nihilism, both dangerous.
Isn’t determinism just reality? Or is determinism a concept only insofar as it’s disputed by fatalists?
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Fatalism is like you’re gonna die at midnight and there’s nothing you can do about it — the universe will arrange a way to get you no matter what. Determinism is just cause and effect.
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