# The Future Is Leverage, Not an Allowance by Bryant McGill > “The most likely future is not an allowance; it is leverage — agents helping ordinary people build small businesses, navigate bureaucracies, and begin what they have always wanted but never known how to start.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Exact marked source:** “The most likely future is not an allowance; it is leverage — agents helping ordinary people build small businesses, navigate bureaucracies, and begin what they have always wanted but never known how to start.” — [[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/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Technocrat's Grandson|The Technocrat's Grandson]] - **Article:** [[articles/Techno-Libertarian on Marxist Capitalism|Techno-Libertarian on Marxist Capitalism]] - **Article:** [[articles/How AI Early Adopters Became a Privilege Cult|How AI Early Adopters Became a Privilege Cult]] - **Wired source:** [[wired/Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment|Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Universal Income|Universal Income]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Agentic Entrepreneurship|Agentic Entrepreneurship]] - [[wiki/Universal Agency|Universal Agency]] - [[wiki/Universal Income|Universal Income]] - [[wiki/Small Business Formation|Small Business Formation]] - [[wiki/Universal High Income|Universal High Income]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The most likely future is not an allowance; it is leverage — agents helping ordinary people build small businesses, navigate bureaucracies, and begin what they have always wanted but never known how to start.” — Bryant McGill, Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-future-leverage-not-allowance ```