It’s definitely been useful with people I’ve collaborated closely with. (I find the post a useful background while working with the LW team, for example)
I haven’t had a strong sense of whether it’s proven beneficial to other people. I have a vague sense that the sort of people who inspired this post mostly take this as background that isn’t very interesting or something. Possibly with a slightly different frame on how everything hangs together.
It sounds like this post functions (and perhaps was intended) primarily as a filter for people who are already good at agency, and secondarily as a guide for newbies?
If so, that seems like a key point—surrounding oneself with other robust (allied) agents helps develop or support one’s own agency.
I actually think it works better as a guide for newbies than as a filter. The people I want to filter on, I typically am able to have long protracted conversations about agency with them anyway, and this blog post isn’t the primary way that they get filtered.
It’s definitely been useful with people I’ve collaborated closely with. (I find the post a useful background while working with the LW team, for example)
I haven’t had a strong sense of whether it’s proven beneficial to other people. I have a vague sense that the sort of people who inspired this post mostly take this as background that isn’t very interesting or something. Possibly with a slightly different frame on how everything hangs together.
It sounds like this post functions (and perhaps was intended) primarily as a filter for people who are already good at agency, and secondarily as a guide for newbies?
If so, that seems like a key point—surrounding oneself with other robust (allied) agents helps develop or support one’s own agency.
I actually think it works better as a guide for newbies than as a filter. The people I want to filter on, I typically am able to have long protracted conversations about agency with them anyway, and this blog post isn’t the primary way that they get filtered.