Convenience Trap
The Smile That Costs You MoreBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length59m
About this audiobook
The smile on the screen is not for you. The tip prompt has a payroll it would like to outsource. The mural says community in a font that costs money. Somewhere in the last ten years, every counter in the country quietly became a courtroom, and the verdict is delivered in increments of twenty percent. Sixty minutes from here, the mask slips.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, Technology
Length59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
8CHAPTER SIX: The Theater of Choice
2Invocation
9CHAPTER SEVEN: Defaulted Morality
3CHAPTER ONE: The Doorway
10CHAPTER EIGHT: The Pass-Through Machine
4CHAPTER TWO: Tipflation Nation
11CHAPTER NINE: Everyday Coercion
5CHAPTER THREE: The Guilt Economy
12CHAPTER TEN: Scripts of Resistance
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6CHAPTER FOUR: Nice Capitalism
13CHAPTER ELEVEN: Maria
7CHAPTER FIVE: Cash as Mutual Aid
14CLOSING RITUAL: Stop Tipping the System
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