One With The Environment

We are all products of our environments, but to what extent exactly?

A friend told me he's found it more effective to change his surroundings rather than trying to will himself to change from the inside out.

In the Free Energy Principle, Professor Karl Friston talks about the Markov blanket separating one from their surroundings. This boundary also happens to define the interior entity.

People say you're the average of your 5 closest friends. I've found myself thinking different thoughts around different people or in different cities and countries...

The environments we play in define us. Because folks have varying levels of sensitivity, some discover the necessity of selectivity sooner rather than later.