What if free will isn't just about making choices and instead it's centered around the upstream processes allowing a choice to be made?
The debate on free will has long fixated on the moment of decision rather than the mechanism making decision possible in the first place. This has locked the discussion in an endless cycle of metaphysical speculation. But The Definition of Free Will & A Model of Attention breaks the stalemate and unveils a compelling transformative perspective. Before you choose, before you act, before volition manifests, attention is the sine qua non that makes any notion of autonomy possible. Free will is not merely the ability to choose, it is the ability to control focus.
Your attention is not a singular spotlight shining rigidly on predetermined options. It's more like a constellation, activated nodes of energetically concentrated awareness, responding to influences in the environment and the deployment of mental forces. Every moment, external and subconscious influences impress upon you, while your expressive will pushes back, igniting the stars in this constellation you choose to illuminate.
Sidestepping the philosophical quandary, Ferketic offers a mechanistic model of volition rooted in attentional control. You don't just "choose"-you deploy a mental energy that concentrates awareness and operates with a striking parallel to money. Learn what it truly means to 'pay attention'. Your experience of reality becomes a transaction between your expression and forces that impress upon you. And the moment of decision is just the final event in a complex, trainable system.
This book doesn't just redefine free will-it rewires how you think about volition. If you revel in autonomy, self-determination, and the architecture of consciousness, this is a must-read that breaks free will out of abstraction and into a functional, operational system. It's a journey through the mind's expanse, where thought and reality blur. And attention isn't just a lens-it is the seat of your agency, the power to shape your reality.