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Agency, which comes from acting in the world and living with the consequences, is what distinguishes people from machines.
Drawn from what James Gleick said
What James Gleick actually said
- James Gleick Author and journalist, born in New York City in 1954
Agency is what distinguishes us from machines. For biological creatures, reason and purpose come from acting in the world and experiencing the consequences.
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