should have shorted the kissinger position, smh
This isn't in the future, because it already functionally happened. The "reputation economy" of gig work combined with dating apps and social media celebrity is functionally this thing in practice. Parasocial relationships are eclipsing normal human interactions. Alienation through housing policy, employment-driven migration, and privately gated social centers have fractured and commoditized human interactions. Meanwhile, the modern media and advertising circuit is increasingly about selling you "experiences" with celebrities as a means of growing their revenues. Whether its $5 for a Patreon subscription to some schmuck podcasters or $500k for back stage passes to Taylor Swift, the human stock market is real and its here and it is wildly profitable.
