Examples Of Instant Gratification

Instant gratification plaguing the American workforce
Instant gratification plaguing the American workforce Instant gratification is a desire that is becoming prevalent and fundamental among the U.S workforce. According to Robert Paul's novel "The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification" America has found itself in an era where we desire extensive indulgences which he claims is undermining the essentials of everyday life. Instant gratification has been thus correlated with many negative attributes such as being self-absorption and failing to plan for the future. As In an experiment conducted by Standford kids were given initially one marshmallow which they had a chance to eat or wait and receive another. Among those who

To overall understand the fatal influence it has over the American workforce an analysis through a social, economic, and futuristic perspective needs to be conducted. This will eventually allow to coordinate our workforce to improve stability and efficiency. An analysis economically shows that there is no substantial benefit in the interaction between instant gratification and the American workforce. "A World Without Work" by Derek
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Thompson, he explains that as machinery grows to meet human demand faster and more efficient it will replace the labor force as the driving force behind economic growth. With this already becoming apparent in modern day society as in 1964 the company AT&T, worth $267 billion in today’s dollars employed 758,611 people while todays telecommunications company, Google, is worth $370 billion but has only about 55,000 employees. Major companies and distributor have thus shown to rely less on workers and shift to technology, which is able to produce goods and services at a speed far superior to that of a worker. However, some points claim this is actually for the betterment of the economy as Adam Smith argues that an economy shaped by our

But should it come at the expense of the worker?
From a social view instant gratification this is quite controversial in how it causes workers to manage themselves and behave in a civil way.
Instant gratification will definitely change the way the workforce operates and its value to
America in the fore coming future. In the article "Instant gratification &it's dark side" Ronald
Aslop insist that instant gratification is making people more impatient as it requires them to be on call 24/7 and frequently check emails and make work related calls effectively tying them to technology. This has led to an attribute of impulsiveness being common and also suffer from lower attention span. This left unchecked will only continue to grow with kids from an young age encouraged to use technology to such a degree.
Works Cited
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Roberts, Paul. The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification. Bloomsbury Publishing
USA, 2014.
“A World Without Work” by Derek Thompson. © 2015 The Atlantic Media Co., as first published in The
Atlantic Magazine. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
“Instant Gratification & Its Dark Side.” Summer 2014 || Bucknell Magazine |