Example of reactionary agency: someone who filled their house with air purifiers in 2020, but hasn’t changed the filters since.
Their reaction was correct, and in this case they’re probably net better off for it. But it would probably have been worth dropping some other expensive reaction in favor of regularly swapping air filters, or putting the purifiers aside since they’re useless at this point.
[Full disclosure: I change my air purifiers regularly but haven’t cleaned my portable AC filter in 3.5 years because I can’t figure out how]
Example of reactionary agency: someone who filled their house with air purifiers in 2020, but hasn’t changed the filters since.
Their reaction was correct, and in this case they’re probably net better off for it. But it would probably have been worth dropping some other expensive reaction in favor of regularly swapping air filters, or putting the purifiers aside since they’re useless at this point.
[Full disclosure: I change my air purifiers regularly but haven’t cleaned my portable AC filter in 3.5 years because I can’t figure out how]