I found out very quickly yesterday that I can't sub for more than about 2 hours at a time. There are a lot of reasons why that's true for me, but in my present lot in life, I'm not going to be able to find out if any of them can be changed. I spent a lot of time and effort learning how to think for myself; I'm not easily able to give that up for a society like he describes.

Even if I could handle being in "sub mode" for longer periods of time, I still don't think I'd want to live in a 24/7 world.

I think he's dead right with this quote:

Well, for one thing, healthy BDSM demands some self-examination. In fiction, the characters can sit chained to a wall in a dungeon after a hot, nasty BDSM scene and have a lot of deep thoughts about why they’re so into it. However, in real life, I think a bit of distance, with a head unclouded by endorphins, lends a needed perspective.