A great piece on the NYT web site is, “The Agony of
Instagram,” ostensibly addresses a new kind of “social media envy” cultivated by the Facebook subsidiary. It's blooming because these days “it’s not unusual to scroll through one’s
Instagram feed and feel suffocated by fabulousness” – captured in perfect, slightly doctored images meant to relentlessly impress. But the article also points
to a darker side of virtual self-actualization – which, for many, can raise the
rat race to a whole new level.
