Got a theory that we are all living through a crisis of agency, at least online. Bots, algorithms, clip armies, & the flood of AI stuff have scrambled notions of popularity, turned everything into a ‘psyop’. AI tools/ agents are reversing the fundamental human, collaborative promise of the internet
[The Feeling of Control Slippin...](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-agents-agency-crisis-humanity/687379/?gift=nwn-guseqS6cY1kVeEKZAbJjBi3CIgGDFHXy4BJ0JzE )
Charlie Warzel
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