The past informs the individual but can be re-captured through successive choices.

Evidence

It takes a long process of what Mr. Justice Miller used to call judicial inclusion and exclusion to justify you in being certain that you have hold of something so general, so universal, so capable of dealing with questions of that type that you can say here is an authoritative starting point for legal reasoning in all analogous cases. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 134 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

In reinforcement learning—in a maze, in a chess game, indeed in life—we don’t have the luxury of making our decisions in a vacuum. Every decision we make sets the context in which our next decision will be made—and, in fact, it may change that context permanently. — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 567 (#expands, via linked claim)

Taking the easy way out or telling the truth—those are not merely two different choices. They are different pathways through life. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 633 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Every decision permanently shapes the context of later decisions — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 567; Historical actors act under circumstances transmitted from the past, not freely chosen; A legal principle emerges from a long line of decisions. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 134 (+18 more)

Related

• Every decision permanently shapes the context of later decisions (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• A legal principle emerges from a long line of decisions. #exemplifies (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 134
• Every decision permanently shapes the context of later decisions #expands (0.70) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 567
• Historical actors act under circumstances transmitted from the past, not freely chosen #qualifies (0.60)
• Choices between truth and ease shape life pathways. #exemplifies (0.60) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 633