I've found only one exception to this and that is in the growing or discovery of things. Anything young that grows comes to mind - as things start out generally with an ignorance is bliss state to the jaded mess the adults will become later, and the wanderers of science and the world - continually looking for the new undiscovered or the ancient and forgotten.
This process takes time to move toward an end result - the question is two fold though, do we have the patience and time to wait for the needed result to happen?
In our high techno-fired octane existence when the goal is to get it yesterday the concept of postponed gratification our predecessors lived on seems for many hard to grasp. The idea of building a dynasty over generations seems silly any more, it's the high powered jump to the top is all the rage. (ex. Reality TV )
As a culture the goal is no longer to build and save, but has gained the feeling of just how far beyond my means can I live so that when I die I can stick it to those credit card companies that charged such high interest rates. I mean why wait if you can have it all now for such a low monthly rate of 25% APR for your first 6 months. (higher rates to be disclosed later)
I don't know maybe life has become too boring and predictable and we are looking for a rush of something to make it interesting again. Extreme sports are a physical manifestation, where messing with legalese is the mental equivalent? I can think of better things I'd rather do than duel with lawyers , or the collection agency that is willing to settle for my knee-caps over the non-existant weath they think I may have. Although that might turn into an extreme sport if one isn't careful :P
Yet here is the question that seems to stick around - - If we did have the time would we still run head long into the burning flame to 'get it now' instead of having the opportunity to really 'enjoy it later'?
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(Yeah, I'm slow.)
Personally, I really do believe that if humans had all the time in the world, or even just a good bit more than we do now, we'd be a lot less likely to fall into the "get it now" mentality. That knowledge of our own mortality is always sitting somewhere in the back of the brain, whether we're really conscious of it or not. What good does planning for forty years down the road do if you have a stroke and die in two? If you could be sure you'd be alive those forty years down the road, the long term plan would be a lot more appealing.
i agree, if they understood the value of the additional time. once it lost that 'new' feeling i think we'd be right back where we are now.
technology and world wide communication is a good example of this. what used to take months is now done in seconds and they are still trying to figure out how to get it yesterday :P
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