Totally Consumed: Are We All Just Shopping Zombies? (notes)
So, these days, it feels like shopping isn't just buying stuff. It's like this huge thing where people are always chasing the next thing to buy. Think of it as people becoming Consumatronic Zombies, just wandering around, mindlessly grabbing whatever's advertised, forgetting what they actually care about. Buying things isn't about needing or even liking them anymore; it's just the point, even if it doesn't really make anyone happy. (Baudrillard, 1981; Debord, 1967).
