The art of doing
self-agency, motivation and intentional becoming
The art of doing
True agency is an unruly psychological trait. It’s the willingness to act without explicit validation, instruction, or even permission. It’s the meme “you can just do things,” knowing that “you can poke life, and something will pop out the other side.” It’s a venture capitalist with no academic background founding the most important AI lab in... See more
Pirate Wires • Agency Is Eating the World
Roughly, agency is the capacity to act to satisfy some preference. This breaks down into three parts: 1. The capacity to act. 2. Possessing preferences over outcomes of those actions. 3. Being able to choose to use the former to satisfy the latter.
David R. MacIver • Learning to exercise agency
Things That Aren't Doing the Thing
-Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
-Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
-Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
-Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
-Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
-Writing
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