More workers are using features of the Internet to do their jobs, but they are still commuting and their acquiring of goods continues. Every decision is a personal decision and all consequences from making it are to be expected, as are the risks associated with that decision. On the other hand, personal risks taken in any decision should not affect others, at least not without their consent. The Internet and its related World Wide Web are the only truly global places where both individuals and groups can communicate and exchange ideas freely. This also means accepting other's ideas that might be offending, discriminating, or even worse, a basic expression of Freedom.
Freedom also means freedom of materialism.
In this respect, the Internet also gives us an opportunity to express our freedom. Our homes have become places to stash worldly goods. Not so long ago, a house was just a shelter for containing the most essential living elements, such as a fireplace, some cooking utensils and some form of a bed. Actually, this is not so much different from homes in some southern countries where many of us love to spend our expensive holidays. After the holidays we then fly back to our overpacked and heavily mortgaged urban hiding place.