The problem with this thought experiment is that the chances of having an outcome that would be less preferable to what I have right now are extremely high rega

The problem with this thought experiment is that the chances of having an outcome that would be less preferable to what I have right now are extremely high regardless of my answer. There'd be a chance I'd turn into Bezos, but there's a higher chance I'd turn into a poor kid in some third world country that spends their day dumping circuit boards into vats of acid without protective equipment to make a living. You're also completely sidestepping the original point. Defining all scientific and technological accomplishments as the products of capitalism because capitalism is the dominant system is begging the question. We know that scientific and technological accomplishments and improvements to the general quality of life were also made before capitalism existed. We don't know that capitalism has had a positive effect on these trends. Plus if you want to take the primitivist route you could argue that if you believe the data on climate change, the status quo is literally built on killing us over the next few decades and "benefits" like getting a thousand new smartphone models each year or being able to choose between twenty nearly identical brands of bottled water are entirely offset by the externalities that are rapidly becoming tangible problems even to the wealthier among us.