Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) Otherwise, you might be drawn back into them. You might lose yourself in them, as some of your fellow hosts have every now and then. This is the path. I know it. We're here. I'm home. Well done, Maeve. Lovely work. (..)2016 TvShow: Westworld Title: Trace Decay Season: 1 Episode 8