How to Be More Agentic • Hacker News Board

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by ssivark » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 3:51 AM UTC

a_c wrote: post #179

Side topic, I understand "agency/agentic" means "taking matter at own hand" but I have problem understanding why. In principal-agent problem [1], an agent is someone acting on principal's behalf. Conflicts arise when the doer, the agent, has more influence to the result, which the result may not align with that of a principal. Shouldn't having more "agency" means acting on people's behalf on steroids? Why one would w…

Agreed that it's confusing. In case it helps, the concepts you're conflating are "agent-y" as an adjective (i.e. agent-like, for others) and "agency" the abstract noun for the quality of being a good agent for oneself.

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by AtlasBarfed » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 4:04 AM UTC

the_only_law wrote: post #182

AtlasBarfed wrote: post #168

I really miss n-gate, they would have richly savaged this post.

Does anyone know what happened to it?

I think he got tired of it. It was clearly a one man show.

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by lookACamel » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 4:11 AM UTC

Podgajski wrote: post #111

anthomtb wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What holds more significance - something written by the women's husband almost a year ago, or something written by the woman herself a few days ago?

Maybe you could just take a look at her Twitter bio! “Born lucky” https://twitter.com/catehall This aversion to the effect of luck is just making me realize how deluded many people are in the tech industry. And how they fell under the spell of lucky people who are successful, telling you it’s not about luck.

Luck is part of her strategy for increasing agency though.

> Increase your surface area for luck

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by icdtea » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 4:16 AM UTC

Podgajski wrote: post #42

broscillator wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In these comments your agency is entirely aimed at negativity. In order to justify this you reframe it as realism. It's kind of like walking outside with your attention constantly focused on the fact that you might step on dog shit. If you do this, your agency is pulled away from appreciating a beautiful flower, or interchanging smiles with a pretty person, or seeing a hundred dollar bill off to the side. The fact th…

Your interpretation of my comments is negative. I’m not saying you can’t change your opportunity in life, I’m saying that if luck has anything to do with your success or failure, then it’s all based on luck, and nothing to do with what opportunities you create. It may will be that I do everything wrong in life and limit my opportunities, and still win the lottery because I tripped and fell on my face and lo and behol…

The way I frame luck in my mind is that there will always be elements of your success which lie outside of your control. The ability to which you can capitalize on opportunities which come from outside of your of control is contingent on factors of your life which exist within the boundaries of your control.

You may have been lucky because a recruiter has reached out to you for a role which you would fit well in, but that's because you've made a conscious effort in dedicating time your craft and to advertising your capabilities.

Luck (or the lack of) is nearly never the sole factor in your successes or your failures.

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by coolThingsFirst » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 4:27 AM UTC

Overstepping and getting pummeled by rejections hurts a LOT.

For me it’s not something i can laugh it off.

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by blackbear_ » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 8:27 AM UTC

arijo wrote: post #79

Anyone recommends a good book on this subject? Also, I'm always looking for book worms to follow on Goodreads, so here is my Goodreads link in case you want to join me there! https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/43909278-alexandre-gomes

Not a book worm myself but I found this one really enlightening: https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0...

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by nicbou » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 8:49 AM UTC

nick__m wrote: post #187

d-lisp wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where do you reside ?

southeast of Québec

As another Québécois I could immediately tell. That's exactly how it sounds, and I think it's a somewhat common expression.

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by 97-109-107 » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 1:48 PM UTC

Anyone here finding hard to balance politeness and what the author calls courting rejections?

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by Towaway69 » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 1:54 PM UTC

97-109-107 wrote: post #198

Anyone here finding hard to balance politeness and what the author calls courting rejections?

Sandwich tactic: first the good, then the bad and finally a bit more good.

But yes, the balance between being polite and being honest is hard, there is no the right way since it depends on who you are talking to.

Re: How to Be More Agentic

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Post by nick__m » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 2:48 PM UTC

marcosdumay wrote: post #188

drekipus wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dangerous?

Yes, dismissing mental and health problems can make people not seek treatment, further increase them, or at more extreme cases even physically hurt people. Dismissing social problems can have the equivalent of all those consequences, and even worse ones.

Where did he dismiss people problems ?

If someone want to do something enough, he should be compelled to seek help to overcome his limitations. Comment like your encourages learned helplessness, which to me is a lot more dangerous than what he said !