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The most important trait you could have in the twenty first century is agency. Here are three reads that will make you disgustingly high agency. First, Kate Hall's sobering substack, maybe you're not actually trying. This wild story involves a cyberstalker rank extortion, and it might explain why you're better at solving other people's problems than you are your own. You see, many of us are selectively agented. You're incredibly resourceful with certain tasks, whereas with others, you approach it with the resourcefulness of a teenager. Second, Paul Graham's 2009 essay, Keep Your Identity Small. He argues the more labels you attach to yourself, the dumber they make you. When an idea becomes part of your identity, you stop thinking about it and you start defending it. A high agency person keeps their identity small on purpose, so they can evaluate the world clearly, change their mind freely, and act on what's true better than what they're supposed to believe. Third, crony beliefs by melting asphalt. He says to think of your beliefs like employees. Most of them were hired to do one bad. Accurately model the world so you can make good decisions. But many of your beliefs weren't actually hired to do that. You hired them because they help you fit in signal loyalty or avoid conflict. He calls those crony beliefs. A high agency person audits their beliefs the same way a CEO audits their payroll. Drop agency in the comments if you wanna link to