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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 8154386" data-attributes="member: 6795602">A proposed new agency framework:A.&nbsp; Agency is having the ability to affect the outcome of something via your choices and skill.1.&nbsp; Thus, agency is always in relation to something.2.&nbsp; Since agency is about the ability to affect the outcome then you either you have agency over something or you don't because you can either affect the outcome or not.&nbsp; It's a binary state.3.&nbsp; One can have agency over any number of things.4.&nbsp; More agency is thus having the ability to affect the outcome of more things via your choices and skill.&nbsp; 5.&nbsp; Losing agency over one thing may entail that one later gains agency over any number of other things.&nbsp; Thus, making predictions over what will be more or less agency essentially futile because what appears to be less agency now may end up being more agency later.&nbsp; The best we can do is count the number of things one has agency over at the varying end states.&nbsp; This can be summarized by saying agency is not 0 sum.6.&nbsp; Then there is also the element of pace.&nbsp; How often is there a decision point where you can exercise your agency over something?&nbsp; Or over a particular something?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 8154386, member: 6795602"] A proposed new agency framework: A. Agency is having the ability to affect the outcome of something via your choices and skill. 1. Thus, agency is always in relation to something. 2. Since agency is about the ability to affect the outcome then you either you have agency over something or you don't because you can either affect the outcome or not. It's a binary state. 3. One can have agency over any number of things. 4. More agency is thus having the ability to affect the outcome of more things via your choices and skill. 5. Losing agency over one thing may entail that one later gains agency over any number of other things. Thus, making predictions over what will be more or less agency essentially futile because what appears to be less agency now may end up being more agency later. The best we can do is count the number of things one has agency over at the varying end states. This can be summarized by saying agency is not 0 sum. 6. Then there is also the element of pace. How often is there a decision point where you can exercise your agency over something? Or over a particular something? [/QUOTE]

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