Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:50 AM

I was reading an article and I came across this.

Someone asked Jeff Bezos in an interview, "What do you think is going to change in the next 10 years?"

Jeff Bezos, as quoted by Google, is an entrepreneur, a media proprietor, an investor, a computer engineer, and a commercial astronaut.

So, all in all, he's quite a big deal professionally.

Let us take a look at his response.

In that response, one word stands out to me currently, plainly because it is something that is being talked about and is the current trend.

Fast Delivery.

It seems everyone is set on reducing the amount of time it takes, to the point of making it seem almost an instant process of getting what you want, be it food or any other material stuff.

This is why Amazon brought delivery in one day instead of 4 to 5 business days with Prime. This is why Zomato is launching 10-minute food delivery.

Instant gratification.

As depicted by the digital voyage, here's how the argument goes: In this bold new world of instant gratification, we never have to wait for anything. Want to read the book you just heard about? Order it on your Kindle and start reading within minutes. Getting lonely with your book or movie? Just launch a dating app and start swiping right until someone shows up at your door.

If I talk about things like health, or learning new things, personally, the mindset of "getting things done asap" has become somewhat of a problem. Conflicted between choosing to learn new things quickly, (which is regarded as a strength) or taking the time to study a topic in depth and giving myself enough time to practice, make mistakes with it, it's become quite a dilemma to deal with. This is also why resources which offer solutions to our problems quickly, like youtube videos such as "get fit in 10 days", "learn Javascript in 10 minutes", have become quite popular. We want things, and we want them as quick as possible.

As stated above, this mindset is being used as a business problem and solutions are being brought forth by the companies. But is this solution good for us in the long run? We are getting impatient and our attention span is getting shorter and shorter. Online technology ensures the prompt arrival of what we want. Although we're getting the efficiency gains of reduced wait times, we are inherently teaching our brains that good things come to those who fail to wait. And is that a good thing? Is it not conflicting?

The internet's effects on our character is ambiguous. Mostly it is variable, based on how we use it. Now this puts the burden back on us: the burden to make good choices about what we do online, guided by the kind of character we want to cultivate. Talking about this topic, there are countless different perspectives of what is right and wrong here. What may be wrong for me may not be a problem for you. So the way one tackles this is wholly dependent on the situation and the person.

Leaving it at that, here's something you may find interesting.

Best,

Shreya