Let’s clear up one thing at the start.
When I say “agents,” I don’t mean AI agents running around the internet completing tasks. I mean human agency — the ability to start, act, decide, build, and move.
The part of us that initiates rather than waits.
The word “agent” comes from the Latin agere: to do, to act, to set in motion.
An agent is someone who moves. Someone who creates change. Someone who refuses to sit on the sidelines.
That idea matters more now than at any point in our lifetimes.
Because despite all the worry and confusion surrounding AI, something extraordinary has happened in parallel: it has never been easier to start something.
A company. A project. A newsletter. A product. AI has crushed the cost of creation.
There is an old Turkish proverb: “Starting is half of finishing.”
It has never been truer than it is today.
If you want to start a company now, you can:
• prototype with vibe coding
• use AI agents to run operations
• generate research, analysis, and drafts instantly
• build what once required capital, teams, and months of work
Five years ago, you needed funding, networks, credentials, and permission.
Today you need something simpler and far more personal: agency.
The willingness to act.
The courage to say, “Why not me?”
The drive to move!
Knowledge is no longer a moat. Coding is no longer a barrier. Talent is no longer inaccessible. “To know and not to do is not yet to know.” — Zen proverb
The playing field is flatter than ever, which means the real differentiator is not what you know — it’s whether you act.
You still need judgment to choose the right problem. You still need wisdom to steer through uncertainty, especially when the model sounds confident and is wrong. I covered the importance of wisdom and ingenuity in my earlier piece.
But everything else — analysis, drafting, operations, marketing, even parts of sales — AI can assist or automate.
This is the paradox of the AI age: while people fear machines taking jobs, the most irreplaceable skill is becoming more valuable than ever — the courage to begin.
The founders who win now won’t have the biggest networks or the fanciest pitch decks. They won’t wait for warm intros or large teams.
They will be the ones who move first, building MVPs with speed. They won't see AI as a competitor but as a powerful force multiplier, augmenting their innate courage, wisdom, and creativity with the full power of the new AI toolkits.
They will understand a simple truth: opportunity belongs to people who act before the path is fully clear.
If you have the agency to start, the wisdom to navigate, and the ingenuity to adapt, AI won’t replace you. It will amplify you.
There has never been a better time to build something.
Not because the world is easy.
But because the tools are powerful — and the excuses are gone.
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done.” — Ecclesiastes