Piercing through the myth that always on and instant access are important « Alexander van Elsas’s Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior

What if everything becomes immediate. What if the news is there right now, delivered faster than the blink of an eye. What if we all can have 24×7 contact and interaction. What if the “instant” has become part of the plumbing of the Internet? If “instant” becomes the norm, then it will decline in value. If everyone has instant access to the same information, the act itself becomes less valuable.