A panel of judges sits to decide the fate of the young woman. She is the child of addicts and an ex-addict and ex-felon herself, and she is asking the court to trust her to become an attorney. The outcome of her case hinges on a question we all struggle with: are we destined to repeat our patterns, or can we stray in surprising directions? It is a question that is increasingly relevant in an age when algorithms are trying to predict everything about our behavior.
Invisibilia: Breaking the Pattern