People who want to theorize post-consumerism fail because they fail to identify a strong positive-valence, positive-feedback alternative to "convenience" as a driving attribute of material life. Behavioral attribute, not value/virtue. "Clean" or "environment friendly" ain't it.
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You can automate the decision to purchase goods, but that just gets you to "what service or experience should I consume next".
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It might yes, but it's not as much of an opportunity/temptation rich environment.
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The only way to decopule human life from economy is to delegate the controls, and that will be some flavor of the Matrix scenario. I guess accelerationism could be dubbed a "blue-pilled" movement, advocating for a well-satisfying life be constructed by a 3rd party agent
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