Gibson — Agency
Book page: gibson-agency-part-2, gibson-agency-part-1
From: Quotes batch 7
Edition: Berkley (2020)
On Decision Making and Alternate Realities
“Every decision is a branch point. We live in the shadow of the things we chose not to do.” (Chapter 4, p. 52)
On Identity and AI (Eunice)
“She wasn’t human, but she had agency. And agency is the only thing that really separates a person from a machine.” (Chapter 12, p. 145)
On Society and the “Jackpot”:
“The Jackpot wasn’t one thing. It was a failure of collective cognition—a hundred different systems collapsing because no one could agree on the truth.” (Chapter 28, p. 302)