#agency
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To will oneself free is to will oneself a task.
We have to stop waiting for permission.
The future is not something we enter; the future is something we create.
From Power and Prediction by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
The future is not something we enter; the future is something we create.
From Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Technological progress is not an inexorable force; it is driven by human action.
Choice is the essence of what it means to be human.
We can do nothing but choose.
From The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
We are all leaders in our own lives.
From Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams
An intelligent agent is one that acts to achieve its goals in the world.
From Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
AI can enhance human capabilities, but it also risks undermining human agency.
From The Age of AI by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher
The future is not just something that happens. It is something we create.
We are the architects of our own evolution.
From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
We are not just the products of our circumstances, but the architects of our futures.
From Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams
You are not your circumstances. You are your decisions.
From What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
In flow, individuals often feel a sense of control over their actions.
From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
You are the one who decides what to do with your life.
From The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Be the author of your own story.
You are the architect of your own life.
From Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
The one who is truly free is the one who is free to choose.
We are all capable of making the world a better place.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Optimism is not a belief that things will get better, but a conviction that we can make them better.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
We are the architects of our own future.
From The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
We are the creators of our own destiny.
From Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Be the architect of your own career.
From Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin
We have a choice: to shape the future or to be shaped by it.
From The Big Nine by Amy Webb
We are not mere spectators of our lives.
From The Cave and the Light by Arthur Herman
You are the author of your own life.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
The future is not a gift; it is an achievement.
From The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
You have the power to redefine your narrative.
From More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are by Elaine Welteroth
Genes are not just passive information; they are active agents that influence behavior.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The key to the future is not to predict it, but to create it.
From The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
The evolution of everything is the result of the cumulative effects of the actions of individuals.
You are the only one who can make your dreams come true.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero