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=== Agency, catalysts, triggers & constraints === | === Agency, catalysts, triggers & constraints === | ||
* = things that contribute to, facilitate, or make or things happen (or not) | * = things that contribute to, facilitate, or make or things happen (or not) | ||
* "agency" comes from [[Indo-European word origins in proto-Indo-European (PIE) language|PIE]] root '''*ag-''' meaning "to drive, draw out, move" | |||
** thus ''act, action, agent, agency'' = something happening or making something happen | |||
==== Agent / agency ==== | ==== Agent / agency ==== | ||