Wise Agency: The Philosopher's Stone

​Toronto. October 1st @ 6 PM
Right fools only. Applications required.

​The Wise Agency Workshop explores a bold reframing of wisdom for our time. While today’s culture often celebrates “high agency”—the ability to get things done within complex systems—this workshop introduces wise agency: the power to not only accomplish, but to accomplish the right things. It is the union of effectiveness and morality, the elusive “philosopher’s stone” of modern life.

​The term “high agency” has exploded in popularity, particularly in entrepreneurial and online communities. It captures the spirit of taking initiative, solving problems under complex constraints, and refusing to wait for permission: “you can just do things.” Yet, agency alone is not enough. Recent history is filled with figures like Elizabeth Holmes or Adam Neumann who displayed staggering agency but directed it foolishly, creating harm rather than benefit. Agency without wisdom risks becoming "the deadliness of doing"—impressive motion with disastrous outcomes.

​Wise agency moves beyond hustle-driven “agentic foolery” toward becoming an “agentic sage,” where the focus is not just on acting but on taking the right action. It is existential wayfinding that integrates competence with discernment, helping participants know when to push forward and when reflection or humility is wiser.

​Location TBD.

​Peter Limberger is a philosophical practitioner (think life coach or therapist, but for your worldview) based in Toronto. He als writes at Less Foolish and stewards The Stoa, an online event space dedicated to practical philosophy and cultural sensemaking. He is part of the Dark Forest Collective, a group re-visioning internet imaginaries—what the internet is and could be—and serves as the philosopher-in-residence at the AI Collective, the world’s largest AI group.