The whole world is bitchier these days

Tony Long writes for Wired News:

My expectations have been raised to [a] ridiculous level by technology running amok through my heretofore-bucolic existence. I used to be a laid-back guy. Now I'm impatient. I chafe. I get irritable when my gratification isn't instantaneous. And it isn't just me. The whole world is bitchier these days.

I'm not exactly certain how to process this, but Tony strikes a nerve with his commentary on my constant desire for more stuff:

You think technology benefits you because it gives you an easier row to hoe? Bollocks. The ease it provides is illusory. It has trapped you, made you a slave to things you don't even need but suddenly can't live without.

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