every time I click “Agree” and voluntarily give myself over to the whims of Google and Apple. So the young Augustine uses his newfound freedom to devote himself to pursuits that will conscript him. His appetites become voracious. He will be captivated by theatrical shows, giving himself over to entertainments that will enslave him to his own passions. He falls in love with love, but he also falls in love with suffering, not unlike the way we love to mourn on social media.2 Freedom is the right to
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