Agency, or free will as it is generally conceived, is not truly possible in a world constrained by biological and memetic evolution coupled as it is with constant cybernetic feedback. The memebearers, us flesh and blood humans acting as repositories for these abstract bodies, are never wholly free in our actions or in control of our world and our selves. What we find then is that free will is an omega point from which degrees of agency and control are divined in response to the question: To what degree does one have control of oneself given that the individual only exists in relation to a system? And secondly, to what degree can an individual control a larger system given that there are other controlling factors?
The Art of Memetics
