I want it, and I want it NOW!
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but not do the work of claiming it.
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We’re in a world where delayed gratification, something proven to increase success and satisfaction in life, is practically nonexistent.
Anthony Ongaro • Break The Twitch: a practical guide to minimalism, intentional living & doing more of what matters
The other obvious problem with today’s internet is the economic structure. Chris Anderson wrote a famous essay called “The Long Tail” back in 2004 that predicted the internet would make media businesses less hit-driven and improve the economics for niche creative people. He was right in one sense: the internet created many more niche communities an... See more
Chris Dixon • Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon
Today, instant gratification, profit and appearances are more desirable than substance, depth or intrinsic worth.
In today’s dopamine-rich ecosystem, we’ve all become primed for immediate gratification. We want to buy something, and the next day it shows up on our doorstep. We want to know something, and the next second the answer appears on our screen. Are we losing the knack of puzzling things out, or being frustrated while we search for the answer, or havin
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