Human agency

Human agency

A Tool That Can Free Agency, or Capture It

The same machine that can carry our old tasks can also box us in. The question is which way we turn it.

Human agency

Every Time the Economy Changed

When the economy changes, old orders resist, and ideas rise to answer the strain. That happened on the Ganges. It is happening again.

Human agency

What People Make, People Can Remake

Much of what feels like fate was built by people: the roles we are handed, the ranks we climb, and the arrangements we live inside.

Human agency

The Goal Is to Develop Human Agency

In the age of AI, when machines can do so much of what we have long done, the goal is to collectively develop human agency.