> Getting older, I made my account public.

Did Instagram shift it, or did you?

> What I didn’t know was that for each new like and follow, a little dopamine was sent out into my brain. Every little bit of attention was a hit of a drug I didn't know about. After a while, you get used to it—wanting more and setting ever higher standards for yourself.

The line between agency and no agency is quite blurry. But I would say keeping up a pretense of agency is useful, even if only fictional.