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Why do people record TV programmes instead of watching them? Why are former alcoholics pleased to let other people drink in their place? Why can ritual machines pray in place of believers? Robert Pfaller advances the theory of 'interpassivity' as delegated consumption and enjoyment.

Passivity (Psychology) --- Happiness --- Consumption (Economics) --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Gladness --- Emotions --- Cheerfulness --- Contentment --- Pleasure --- Well-being --- Passive behavior --- Passivism --- Psychology --- Philosophy. --- Social Isolation --- Philosophy --- Psychology, Social --- Aesthetics