M. John Harrison writes about agency:

For one thing, “main character” is a foundational pillar of storification; & the storification of everything has led directly to the Babel we live in now. The least fiction can do, now that everything–from “news” to science–is presented/exploited as story, is to destorify itself. & that’s before you get to consciously fake news & science.

One reason I liked his books is that this perspective comes out very clearly. Now only to destorify science…