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no it doesn't make you cool

reactive agency no it doesn't make you cool Claire Wang Aug 04, 2025 67 24 6 Share You stay up until 2 am scrolling reels you don't care about because it feels like rebellion against your should-go-to-bed self, telling yourself “I deserve to relax after this shitty day.” The college kid skips class for months and posts about it like an achievement, a proud transgression. Both of you think you're being autonomous. You're not. This is what I call reactive agency , where you feel agentic because you’re Making Choices™, but all your choices are just responses to external structure rather than inte

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