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Freedom, Intelligence and Agent

1. The Role of Human “Freedom” and “Individuality” in the Evolution of Intelligence From Escape from Freedom From an evolutionary perspective, the history of humankind can be seen as a process of deepening individuation and freedom. Humanity’s departure from the pre-human stage marked the first step away from the compulsion of instinct, marking the beginning of our quest for freedom. If instinct represents a special behavioral pattern determined by our neural structure, we can observe a clear trend across the animal kingdom: the lower an animal’s level of development, the more perfectly it adapts to nature, and the more rigidly its behavior is governed by instinct and reflex.