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.
Yeah you're right. I feel like there has been this sensation of doom and imminent social collapse surrounding everything since phrases like "I really like your content" moved into common parlance... It's like this implicit understanding innyour subconscious that the Human Stock Market has been here for a while, and finally swallowed everything
We live in a strange time where touch grass is a revolutionary act.
if they're saying they're not going to buy and sell you, they're calming you down to buy and sell you later
