I took advice from people who were better. I started watching my own games and studying my mistakes. I invested a lot of time and effort. Gradually, I was even changing my mindset to think like the professionals whose gameplay I was trying to imitate. Essentially, I changed myself to win more games and become better at the game. Here are the key lessons I learned throughout my gaming years...

Harris utilizes a careful scientific analysis of the concepts of consciousness and the self to make three strong points: 1) Consciousness is the one thing in the world that cannot be an illusion; 2) The Self is an illusion; 3) Consciousness and its contents are the only things that matter when it comes to achieving wellbeing.

This is where the confusion lies between determinism (which we’ve established is true) and fatalism (the kind of thinking “If everything is determined, why should I do anything?”) – it is still a matter of choice, albeit determined at the most fundamental level.