The "Now" Culture

We live in a culture that thrives on the instant. We want things to happen right away—from packages arriving in the mail in two days to downloading movies immediately to our phones. “A lot of things that are really valuable take time. But immediate gratification is the default response. It’s difficult to overcome those urges and be patient and wait for things to come over time” (https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2013/02/01/thegrowing-culture-impatience-where-instant-gratification-ma...