Yeah, it’s a chilling thought, but maybe we’ll end up buying “authenticity points” like shares and those who don’t have a bank account will be left out of the whole experience. It turns the rawness of being real into a marketable commodity, and that’s exactly what the dystopia hand‑shake is about. The real question is: will we choose to trade our souls for profit, or will we find a way to keep authenticity in the human commons?

You keep pulling the line that our inner value gets monetized, and the only way to dodge that is to keep the part of us that refuses to be sold. That’s the only real “refund” you’ll ever get.