one underexplored angle for analysing the current state of the internet is through the concept of agency. the definition of the word i’d use here is ‘an intentional action to produce a particular effect’. or to definite its negative form, ‘mindless scrolling’. the past two decades we’ve seen a decrease in agency when traversing digital spaces. one of the most illustrative examples is suggestion algorithms, a ubiquitous pattern, present in social networks, dating apps, film, and music platforms.