Hello ,

An article on NPR claims that we have become "the Impatient Nation." We want quick answers to complex problems. The article puts it this way. 

We: 

• Speed date.
• Eat fast food. 
• Use the self-checkout lines in grocery stores. 
• Try the "one weekend" diet. Pay extra for overnight shipping. 
• Honk when the light turns green. 
• Thrive or dive on quarterly earnings reports. 
• Speak in half sentences. 
• Start things but don't fin ...
• We tweet stories in 140 characters or less, yet some tweets are too long. 
• We cut corners, take shortcuts. 
• We txt.

We: 

• Send new faces to Washington every two years, then vote the rascals out two years later. 
• Clamor for more safety in the skies, then complain when security takes too long-and is inconvenient. 
• Can't take the time to drive to the video store or to wait for a DVD to arrive in the mail, so we order them on demand or stream them on the Web-well, clips of movies at least.

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