What is the sense of agency and why does it matter?

Many people worship IQ, but agency can be more powerful and scarce.

An individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and the environment outweighs IQ. Someone with agency is proactive rather than reactive; they don't just let life happen to them - they shape it.

related researches

- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7264682/

- https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-51129-001