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Waiting… In the Age of Instant Everything
We were promised a world without waiting—one-click shopping, lightning-fast lanes, an existence where patience was obsolete. And yet, here we are. Trapped in traffic. Stuck on hold. Watching that “estimated wait time” lie to our faces.
We refresh tracking pages like they’re crystal balls. We rage when a video buffers for two seconds. We demand same-day everything and call it “progress.” But if waiting was supposed to disappear… why does it feel like we’re still waiting for something?
This book flips the script on waiting, revealing how businesses manipulate delays, why time stretches in some moments and vanishes in others, and what happens when we stop fighting the pause and start noticing what it has to offer.
We take a world tour of patience, exploring cultures that treat waiting as an art form, a secret weapon, even a source of joy. While we lose our minds in checkout lines, entire societies have cracked the code of slowing down—and they have a lot to teach us. All of this rushing isn’t just eating up our time—it’s taking a toll on our wallets, our nerves, and the world around us. Turns out, instant gratification isn’t always as free as it looks.
Meanwhile, in the future—also known as places that aren’t here—smart cities are running like an overachiever’s bullet journal. We take another tour of the world’s smartest cities where AI-powered buses glide in like they’ve been personally expecting you, and trash turns into actual electricity like some kind of urban fairy tale.
If we ever did eliminate waiting, would we even know how to live? If we bulldoze every pause, every moment of stillness, what’s left? Life at 2x speed, a blur of milestones with no space in between. And what if—the waiting was never the problem?
Part history, part cultural deep dive, part hilarious reality check, Waiting… In the Age of Instant Everything unpacks the universal experience we love to hate—one that might just be the key to a better, more meaningful life.
In the rush to remove every delay, we might just be erasing the moments that make time feel rich, full, and truly lived, and one day, you’ll look back and realize… ✨ THE WAITING WAS THE LIVING. ✨
⚠️ WARNING: This book may cause sudden epiphanies, spontaneous gratitude, and an existential crisis at your next red light. Symptoms may include snorting in public.
ASIN : B0F1KRKKDZ
Publisher : Rick Brown (March 15, 2025)
Language : English
Paperback : 311 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8992788808
Item Weight : 14.7 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.71 x 9 inches
