It’s pretty self-evident that we don’t delay gratification well anymore.
“The great scholar Daniel Bell once summed up the essence of the Protestant ethic that spawned industrial civilization in the West: Delayed gratification, the ability to save and invest today for a better tomorrow. That’s been at the heart of ever society’s leap from poverty to plenty.” –Fareed Zakaria, CNN Global Public Square this morning. Watch the video of the entire commentary here.