Agency
Ideas around agency, aka the sense of control that you feel in your life + your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behavior
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Agency
Musings on agency:
Everyone has command of one self, if one is okay doing what is pleasurable to them in the moment.
The effort to eat a pint of chocolate ice cream is enjoyed.
The effort to do tedious task XYZ is not.
Christopher Smederx.comthread
In short, if one presents high agency as the supreme good, rather than as one value within a broader ecology of values, they risk becoming an agentic fool.
So, what is “wise agency”?
To modify the above definition of agency, it is:
So, what is “wise agency”?
To modify the above definition of agency, it is:
Taking the right action toward getting the right things done, despite complex (and clear, complicated, chaotic, or... See more
Peter Limberg • High Agency to Wise Agency
A victim mentality is, in my opinion, one of the biggest threats to cultivating a sense of agency. Perpetual victimhood cannot coexist with agency.
sundus • agency: it's only human
Questions for taking agency
The simple individualistic humanist frame treats the person as the seat of agency, the atomic unit of moral responsibility and choice-making.
I want you to see the limits of this model. Agency exists at micro- and macro-scales, the “person” is just one step on the ladder.
I want you to see the limits of this model. Agency exists at micro- and macro-scales, the “person” is just one step on the ladder.
Tweets From Richard D. Bartlett · @RichDecibels • Tweet
Stephen Cave formalized “Freedom Quotient” as an additional dimension to evaluate human competencies beyond IQs (intelligent quotient) and EQ (emotional quotient). Cave defined FQ as a measure of natural free will, and he argues that smoothing out inequalities in FQ – and to raise the FQ of everyone – should be a goal of schools and of social
... See moreFor years, we feared automation would replace humans. But as AI reshapes the economy, it’s becoming clear that far from replacing human ingenuity, AI has amplified it. The critical dividing line in our economy is no longer simply education or specialization, but rather agency itself: the raw determination to make things happen without waiting for... See more