"I think that the irritation and deep sense of resentment surrounding public debates on
the freedom of the will actually has nothing much to do with the actual options on the table.
It has to do with the — perfectly sensible — intuition that our presently obvious answer
will not only be emotionally disturbing,
but ultimately impossible to integrate into our conscious self-models...
Making a complex society work implies controlling the behavior of millions of people", 'dangerous idea', edge.org