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pratyush's avatar

Common word, agency - it's one I hear every now and then working with startups. But never have I really understood what it means the way I did from reading your essay, Henrik. Thank you.

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Rachel Ooi's avatar

“How to handle being sentenced to freedom,” - this hit hard.

I found freedom more than a decade ago after realizing that I've been living in the shackles of someone else's dream or idea of life.

But what have I done since? How have I handled my sentence? How far have I carried it out?

What can I do now, now that I have agency?

Having experienced a childhood trauma, learning firsthand what it means not to have agency and losing my sense of security at a very young age, agency and freedom are sacred to me.

Thanks for exploring this term in depth. I, too, hope to impart some wisdom to my children.

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