The 'high agency' buzzword, satirized: sometimes it just means externalizing costs
clarejtbirch · x · 2026-09-16
alth0u shared a greentext-style anecdote mocking the Silicon Valley buzzword "high agency": introduced to someone described that way, they asked whether it meant breaking rules and soiling the commons, or actually pushing the Pareto frontier for positive-sum outcomes. The introducer could only repeat "they're high agency, sir." Upon meeting, the person turned out to be soiling the commons and externalizing internalities.
A sharp joke about how the term has been stretched to whitewash purely extractive behavior.
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