August 5, 2026 · 11 min read
Before I Asked, I Was Going to Do It
AI can give us more knowledge, more options, and more reasons to wait. What happens when better advice raises the threshold for ordinary action?
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Agency
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July 25, 2026 · 12 min read
When Systems Teach Us Not to Try
Learned helplessness is usually treated as a problem inside a person. What changes when interfaces, institutions, and opaque feedback loops help produce it?