The Opposite of Instant Gratification

Our digital tools, especially our smartphones, makes us think we live in a world of instant gratification. Because everything is digital, everything we want, we can get immediately. Streaming music, streaming movies, online books, bingeable tv. But digital photography is different. If you see the picture you take instantly, that is often instant disappointment. The image captured is not what is in your head, so you take another one. And another and another. This drives more disappointment, because you just can’t get it right.