Traditional consumerism, which is something I've always believed to be unfair and unrewarding, leaves a heavy, thick fog behind. I think that's what people see, regardless.
It is the fog that I feel from it. There is so little enjoyment in what I see other people enjoying. Am I broken?
I see that happening only if society becomes dependent on AI as the provider of all things, basically consuming us.
I suspect that there will be again a split, with an ever-smaller group of people taking the extreme approach of not doing what the masses are doing. they will be the ones benefiting from the masses.
I added more to my comment, as I was thinking about it more. Thought I'd get it in before a response.
Nothing big. Just considering all angles. Too tired to swim upstream.
AI will turn traditional consumerism (especially in media) into a personalized generated vegetative state of forever looking and never finding.
Or a vegetative state where people will remain in a program, as their body wastes away. We are almost there now.
Pods and feeding tubes. Some will work inside those things, controlling robots out in the field. Everything from military service to gardening. Space missions. Not everyone will be cutout for those jobs either. Oddly enough some studies are showing gamers would be the most qualified. All while advancements in medicine can help prevent physical decay. And since it's work, once the shift is over, they'd probably want to get out of that thing with a quickness. But here's me just trying find that silver lining, and nearly becoming inspired to start writing sci-fi. So close.