Why You Can’t Just Do Things - Octopusyarn
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A Postcard from Agentia
“Agency is not a meme—it’s a worldview,” I found myself saying to a friend. After making fun of myself for spitting slop, it dawned on me that this is actually an important insight. We were talking about how to get other people to quit their bullshit jobs and get to work (you know, reinvigorating culture, rebuilding all modern institutions, and ushering in a golden age). Perplexed that people didn’t leave even if they admitted their jobs were pointless, he suggested that we build a system that funds people’s initial forays into non-traditional work. They surely just needed a bit of extra…
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