We’re all very 2.0 these days - Library 2.0, Knowledge Worker 2.0, Government 2.0.
I face the “a pleasure delayed is a pleasure doubled” vs. “hair-trigger nerd instant gratification syndrome” frustration this morning. The budding blogwar with Anne Zelenka over her comments on Peter Drucker has lost a little steam now that she’s blocked further comments on the post, Technorati is down so I can’t check my overnight figures, and the wireless LAN at home is acting up.
So… is delayed gratification a part of modern nerd life or not? Single point of focus activities like coding imply a certain tradeoff between effort and result, an understanding of “give some now, get more later”. For myself, I work for a living, am happy to trade my time for cash - but I do want interesting and fulfilling work (which I get in spades at SMSMT). This implies a certain need for instant gratification - I want the work to be interesting now. Curious.
I wrote a bit on “delayed gratification” also
http://yamaplos.blogspot.com/
Hi Yama,
thank you for your comment. It took a little while to get approved, sorry, I have Akismet put first-time commenters into the moderation queue as the last defence against spam
It is an interesting comparison that you make about delayed gratification and children - the normal pattern of events is that we learn the delayed gratification payoff as we grow older. My question was, I suppose, had I learned it yet?
Best regards, Andrew