AEThe Agentic Economy

A map of software agency.

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Software agency moves through data, markets, institutions, and the physical world.

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Plate IField Atlas

As capabilities become callable, access control moves from systems to powers.

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Businesses become callable.

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Plate IIBusinesses As APIs

Outcomes becoming callable, priced, verified, and settled.

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Access control moves from systems to powers.

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Plate IIIGuarded Capabilities

Standards, models, knowledge, and protected skills becoming powers.

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Devices decide what may touch the world.

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Plate IVEdge Admission

Devices deciding whether software is allowed to touch the world.

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Space, time, and capacity become declarations of intent.

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Plate VAtomic Resources

Space, time, capacity, and rights of use becoming units of intent.

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Authority has to travel before action.

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Plate VIAuthority Layer

What must travel with an agent before action crosses a boundary.