Agency

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Agency

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Agency

Colin Wright

Aug 10, 2021

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Brain Lenses

Agency

The concept of agency, broadly, refers to an action intended to achieve a particular outcome. If I'm hungry and capable of getting up from my desk to walk to the kitchen to make a snack, I can choose to exercise my agency to stand up, traverse that distance, and perform that activity—or not. It’s up to me, but the capacity to recognize that state, make t…

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