Comic nails the agent economy: humans just approving approvals, forever

sierracatalina · x · 2026-11-02

@sierracatalina shares a two-panel comic joking that their role in the agent economy is "saying yes with increasing aggression." In the comic, a user checks "I approved the action," only for a new dialog to pop up asking "approve this approval?" with buttons labeled "approve" and "approve harder" — while the task remains pending. A sharp jab at the endless human-approval loops in agent workflows.

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