I couldn’t agree more with Georgina McNamara ( The one change that worked: I deleted Instagram – and embraced the joys of a truly private life, 19 October ).

Reading about the sheer relief of stepping away from Instagram resonates deeply with my own feelings over the last few years. There is an incredible quiet joy in reclaiming a truly private life, entirely free from the pressure to document, curate and perform our daily routines for an invisible audience.

This shift immediately brings to mind Jaron Lanier’s compelling points in his 2018 book Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now . Lanier warned us that these platforms aren’t just neutral tools; they are behaviour-modification engines designed to hijack our attention and slowly erode our autonomy.

His argument that social media algorithms inherently reward outrage, tribalism and comparison to drive engagement feels truer today than ever.…