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  **Agency** — in this channel's captured material — is the capacity to act and
  shape outcomes, understood as _partly an internal stance rather than just
  external conditions_: something a person partly chooses to exercise, not
  merely a set of circumstances granted from outside.
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# agency

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## Definition

**Agency** — in this channel's captured material — is the capacity to act and shape outcomes, understood as _partly an internal stance rather than just external conditions_: something a person partly chooses to exercise, not merely a set of circumstances granted from outside.

In the channel's material, **agency** means the capacity to act and shape outcomes — and, crucially, a stance you partly *choose* rather than a condition that is simply granted to you. The concept appears in the discussion of Reid Hoffman's _Superagency_, where it is framed as *partly an internal stance rather than just external conditions* [^2030c8bf@0].Hoffman's argument treats agency as a resource to be exercised while AI spreads: engage seriously with AI *now*, plan with a flexible **compass** instead of a rigid blueprint, and expect jobs to transform rather than simply vanish. In that framing, agency is what lets a person steer through the transition instead of waiting for it to happen.The related topic on AI, jobs, and the future of work builds on the same idea: as agents automate parts of expertise, the people who stay employable are those who actively explore what agents can and cannot do alone — the practical expression of agency in the age of agents.- **Agency** = the capacity to act and shape outcomes, partly an internal stance you choose.- Hoffman's _Superagency_ frames it as *internal*, not just a matter of external conditions.- Exercising agency means engaging with AI now, using a **compass** over a blueprint, and preparing for jobs that transform rather than disappear.