<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The recovery of agency is not withdrawal from... > The recovery of agency is not withdrawal from civilization. It is participation with a better map—aware of incentives, institutions, media, and conditioning—so that the person can enter systems as a contributor rather than disappear inside them as an unexamined function. **Source:** [[livestreams/Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency - Workbook|Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The recovery of agency is not withdrawal from civilization. It is participation with a better map—aware of incentives, institutions, media, and conditioning—so that the person can enter systems as a contributor rather than disappear inside them as an unexamined function.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-recovery-agency-withdrawal-inside-unexamined-function ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->