The experience of having such a low-dimensional search is terrible. I feel like such an uninformed consumer stepping into stores, at the mercy of whatever happe

The experience of having such a low-dimensional search is terrible. I feel like such an uninformed consumer stepping into stores, at the mercy of whatever happens to be on the shelf at whatever price happens to be on the items that day. In many ways its harder to assess online, but the range of goods I can look through is huge. And its easier to read reviews and what not. I personally have changed a lot in 20-30 years. Growing up, it was extreme culture shock moving not really that far in America, from no-place in particular to a suburb of a decent sized city. I have struggled to comprehend how indoor shopping malls, filled with so many goods and so much staff, make a profit. Trying to guess at how much had to be bought & consumed to keep such an inefficient system going scared me. The mall still boggles my mind, and I'm still mildly afraid of it, but these days I also kind of fear for what happens next if we do lose in-person consumerdom. It would be shocking to me to see this institution fade, for the in-person shopping experience to thin out.