# Agents Absorb the Tasks Insecurity Blocks by Bryant McGill > “An agent does not cure your insecurity; it absorbs the tasks your insecurity was blocking.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Exact marked source:** “An agent does not cure your insecurity; it absorbs the tasks your insecurity was blocking.” — [[wired/Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment|Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment]] (September 27, 2026). - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete marked extraction without alteration. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/How AI Early Adopters Became a Privilege Cult|How AI Early Adopters Became a Privilege Cult]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Wired source:** [[wired/Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment|Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Agentic AI|Agentic AI]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Agentic Empowerment|Agentic Empowerment]] - [[wiki/Personal AI Agent|Personal AI Agent]] - [[wiki/AI Counterpart|AI Counterpart]] - [[wiki/Agentic AI|Agentic AI]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “An agent does not cure your insecurity; it absorbs the tasks your insecurity was blocking.” — Bryant McGill, Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-agents-absorb-blocked-tasks ```