One of the tragedies of instant gratification is that we are losing the ability to solve complex problems. We are losing the ability to take on and complete bigger projects. And they don’t even have to be that big: we procrastinate on things like booking a hotel for our vacation, only to end up booking at the last minute, even if we know that we’ll have to paying more later, and yet we do procrastinate.

We are getting wired to give up easily when faced by challenge.

We either procrastinate and fail, fail to start altogether or quit when the challenges get tougher. The temptation of checking social media, emails, Youtube and so forth is too strong: here, we are faced by super-easy choices, or even no choices at all, zero challenge. And yes, we now immediately get rewarded by consuming our tailor-recommended content, finally free to enjoy its volatile pleasures.