So they invented some non-recyclable material which is supposed to replace the recyclable one? How is this good?

This truly is an American problem. In EU it is quite common to respect other people's privacy, unless they are some kind of public persons (politicians, musicians, celebrities, banksters etc.).

This, of course, was in the times BEFORE cheap flight travel and mass tourism.

The name is perfectly chosen, and by mocking propaganda-term the capitalists chose for "unlegal copying", it perfectly suits the values they represent, and you got it right, it does have something to do with the disobedience and anarchism. So, you were saying?

So this is the new Teflon. Years before we discover that it, too, causes cancer: 73.

I hope that you won't have to find that one out.

Note that this is 100 days without having to pay for a rent or for food. You can probably sleep 10 hours/day for all they care. There's no work actually that needs to be done, ie. you can choose what you'll do in those 14 awaken hours, right? Plus, once out, you're the cool guy that took part in the Mars experience. IMHO it's not that bad of reward.