Indeed most choices we think we "make" are unconscious choices due to our environment. That does not mean we cannot introspect and learn and consciously change

Indeed most choices we think we "make" are unconscious choices due to our environment. That does not mean we cannot introspect and learn and consciously change them. I am much more pessimistic generally than I was 20 years ago. But that's something I work on, not something I accept passively as a fact of life.