What Thorsten Ball thinks about agency
Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast. Wrote Writing an Interpreter in Go.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Thorsten Ball has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI feel that the people who love stagnation got enough of what they wanted and I hope that we are at an inflexion point where we finally break free from the oppressive rule of stagnation.
- 9 days earlier
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Their wordsIncreasingly convinced: people who do best with agents are those that are good at shipping things in small pieces