Tag: agency
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The future is a romance of the mind. Like all romances, it is made of shadow and light. Heroes take great leaps of ingenuity. Audiences experience the specter of cataclysm. This romance is fueled by human sentiments of every ilk fear, anger, hate,…
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Some things are within our power, while others are not. Within our power are opinion, motivation, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever is of our own doing; not within our power are our body, our property, reputation, office, and, in a word,…
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People (and, arguably, other animals as well) trying to obtain a desired outcome that occurs independently of their behavior tend to believe that they are causing the outcome.