Convenience makes hypocrites of us all, as John Naughton wrote recently. “We have our beliefs, our morals, our instincts. We have our dislike of douchebags, ou

Convenience makes hypocrites of us all, as John Naughton wrote recently. “We have our beliefs, our morals, our instincts. We have our dislike of douchebags, our mistrust of bad behaviour. We have all that. But in the end it turns out that if something’s 10% cheaper and 5% faster, we’ll give it all up quicker than we can order a sandwich.” Convenience, in other words, makes hypocrites of us all. It explains why we may moan about surveillance but continue to use Gmail and Facebook; why we shudder in distaste at what goes on in the Chinese factories that make Apple products yet continue to enjoy our iPhones; and why we are horrified by lethal fires we read about in Bangladeshi sweatshops and yet pounce gleefully on T-shirt bargains in retail outlets whenever we can find them. Interestingly, our addiction to convenience has recently received a powerful boost from another regrettable human failing – our craving for instant gratification . We’ve gone from being satisfied with “3 to 5 working days” delivery estimate to next-day delivery. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/uber-amazon-tech-concierge-economy http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/uber-am...