Interesting thought, but I actually hope this future doesn't arrive.

For one I find it dystopian. There's a phenomenon where content creators are bent to the whims of their audience. They engage in behaviors that are self destructive or simply make them unhappy to get engagement. This is without money being involved. Imagine how much worse it would be if you take engagement offline and get money involved. Worst case scenario, you would live in a skinner box world (we already live in one but it can get worse). Best case, you get wave after wave of annoying trends people do in public to get zaps.

Secondly, money has its proper place. There are situations and relationships where it would be inappropriate to involve money. Normalizing zapping everything sounds like a great way to start monetizing things where money doesn't belong.

Don't even get me started on the horrors of Neuralink!