Be a high agency person

The most thought-provoking article I read in recent times was George Mack's post on high agency. (I stumbled on it thanks to pam's list of valuable pieces of writing!) Mack's article is a call to action — be a high agency person and make a difference in the world. But what is high agency? What "high agency" meansMack uses a simple scenario to convey the gist of high agency: You wake up in a 3rd world jail cell. You’re only allowed to call one person you know to get you out of there. Who do you call? Why did you choose this person? What is it about them that made you pick up the phone? This person you picked has something. A spark. A je ne sais quoi. That ‘something' is high agency.‍ This is a hypothetical question that makes a lot of sense. Who would you call to get you out of a bad situation? If you’re Batman, the answer is yourself — remember the pit from *The Dark Knight Rises (2012)? That dude is the ultimate high agency person. But even in the real world we’ve had and have high…