# The Loneliness of the First Step by Bryant McGill > “It is rarely ignorance that stops a person; it is the loneliness of the first step.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Exact marked source:** “It is rarely ignorance that stops a person; it is the loneliness of the first step.” — [[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/AI Counterpart|AI Counterpart]] - [[wiki/Agentic Empowerment|Agentic Empowerment]] - [[wiki/Asymmetry of Agency|Asymmetry of Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “It is rarely ignorance that stops a person; it is the loneliness of the first step.” — Bryant McGill, Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-loneliness-first-step ```