You Are Not Your Own Substack

You Are Not Your Own Substack

You Have More Agency Than You Think

On Choosing and Acting

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O. Alan Noble
May 22, 2026
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Recently I have been building the case that inhibition marks contemporary culture, particularly the sense that we lack agency in our lives. A few weeks ago I argued that because we are taught that we are radically autonomous, we get overwhelmed with our freedoms and freeze up, coming to despise the very freedom that weโ€™ve bโ€ฆ

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