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Spiritedness and self-reliance

Archedelia • 1277 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24

Spiritedness promotes a spirit of inquiry and self-reliance.
Pride in fixing one's own belongings goes beyond monetary value and challenges economic views.
Consumerist material culture can limit the experience of direct responsibility and agency.

Agency vs. Addiction

Polymathic Being • 68 implied HN points • 10 Mar 24

🏥 Health & Wellness Addiction Agency Regulation Exercise Relationships

Personal agency is key in resisting external influences and making independent choices.
Addiction can extend beyond traditional vices like drugs and alcohol to include positive behaviors as well.
Past attempts at regulation, like Prohibition and the War on Drugs, have often failed, highlighting the importance of personal agency in combating addiction.

Feedback is all you need

Subconscious • 1698 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23

🕹 Technology AI Feedback Machine Learning Agency Neural Networks

Agency emerges from feedback loops
Feedback is the key to agency
Simple systems can exhibit agency through feedback

Girardian Isekai Part 1: Agency and the Christian Afterlife

From the New World • 21 implied HN points • 08 Mar 24

⛪ Faith & Spirituality Christianity Afterlife Agency Innovation

The Christian afterlife is often depicted with the concepts of heaven, hell, and purgatory, each with its unique perspective on innovation and agency.
Agency plays a significant role in how individuals respond to the Christian revelation, with the rejection of agency leading to a vision of persecution and societal systems.
Innovation in a Christian society is compared to living according to the Kingdom of God, embracing a way to end mimetic rivalry and foster a more fundamental approach.

A Whole New Cope

Breaking Smart • 107 implied HN points • 21 Oct 23

📖 Philosophy Existentialism Ethics Agency

Thanks to globalization and the internet, we now feel more involved in global events.
Our reactions to distant events can be influenced by a sense of general disequilibrium in the world.
The balance between constraint and agency in our lives can be disrupted by external factors, leading to heightened reactions.

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Here's What Happened; Changes to AdTech, Brand Chatbot launches+ Agency wins.

The Social Juice • 36 implied HN points • 14 Jan 24

💼 Business Marketing Advertising Social media Agency Technology

Major changes to AdTech in social, CTV & DOOH.
Updates on new brand chatbot launches and agency wins.
Engage with the best consumer reports provided at the end.

plumbing is not architecture

Dan Davies - "Back of Mind" • 255 implied HN points • 05 May 23

🕹 Technology Systems Change Agency

Plumbing can be changed, unlike architecture.
Systems, like plumbing, have the ability to reorganize to maintain stability.
Attempting to change a complex system through its 'plumbing' may not be effective.

The Best $65 I’ve Ever Spent

Late Checkout - a Substack by Greg Isenberg • 147 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23

💼 Business Community Marketing Agency Product Entrepreneurship

Building a successful community doesn't always require a big investment.
Engage your audience through creative marketing techniques like manufactured scarcity.
Identify audience interests, build community engagement, and create products to meet their needs.

What I Learned About Innovation in San Francisco

Rocket Philosophy by Ian • 58 implied HN points • 19 Mar 23

📖 Philosophy Innovation Originality Narration Agency

Have faith in the originality of your ideas
Impostor syndrome is what learning feels like
Speak your mind freely

Theoretical Boundaries of Agency

Unstable Orbits • 22 implied HN points • 06 Sep 23

📖 Philosophy Agency World Agents Conclusion

Agency is never zero if we zoom in close enough
Absolute agency means total control over the universe, but it's impossible
Agency is better measured in relative terms

intelligence != consciousness

Joshua's Notes • 19 implied HN points • 26 Jul 23

🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Consciousness Agency AI Decision-making

Human consciousness is still a mystery and we're far from replicating it in AI.
AI is a sophisticated tool, but it lacks true consciousness.
Agency in AI is not the same as consciousness - artificial intelligence lacks true independence.

What’s Happening: Tube Girl, AI TikTok Ads & Failed Posts

The Social Juice • 12 implied HN points • 14 Sep 23

💼 Business Marketing Advertising Social media Retail Agency

TikTok trends like 'Being Delusional' and AI voiceover ads are making waves among Gen-Z.
Quality ad creatives are crucial for profit, with Superside offering a top-performing creative service.
Deleting comments on social media can protect brand message from crowds and lurkers, ensuring a positive brand identity.

Clock time or rock time?

lifeboat • 19 implied HN points • 03 May 23

📖 Philosophy Time Existence Agency Perception Nature

Time is weirder than we think, with deep connections to the past and future.
Different cultures have different ways of understanding time, like the concepts of Chronos and Kairos.
Changing how we perceive time can shift our sense of agency and possibility, moving us from despair to action.

Authored and Unauthored Content: A Newly Necessary Distinction

ART⋂CODE • 9 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23

🕹 Technology AI Media Copyright Agency Authorship

AI blurs the line between authored and unauthored media.
Recognizing human intention in media creates a sense of communion.
Distinguishing between authored and unauthored content is becoming essential in the age of AI.

you can just do stuff

alice maz • 3 HN points • 20 Mar 23

📖 Philosophy Agency Stoicism Empowerment Self-awareness

You can just do stuff without waiting for permission or direction.
Having a clear vision, working intensely, focusing on top talent, and embracing lawlessness can lead to groundbreaking research.
Franny and Zooey characters teach about loneliness, judgment, and coping mechanisms like stoicism and action.