life on demand

i posted this on my myspace blog and thought i should here too :)

i just saw a commercial that allows someone to subscribe and get any movie they want to see (kind of like netflix) but instead of mailing a physcial dvd, it immediately downloads onto your computer and the guy says that (with a fast connection) you can see this movie in 30 seconds.
how much faster do we expect life to revolve around us? we live in an "on demand" world.
people demand instant gratification from everything and if something doesn't go right then they become upset. i realized this a lot working at jcpenney, people are impatient and demanding. we are victims of modern technology.
it truly is a double-edged sword, don't you think? technology is amazing but i believe has made us more impatient as humans. we don't read anymore, we listen to books on tape; we don't even have to go out and buy the book on tape anymore, we can just download it. as life gets faster will we ever leave the house? will we one day lose all interaction with our peers?
i saw the new disney movie "cars" this morning and it has a good message in regards to slowing life down and i can't help but think that the faster i try to live my life, the more demanding i become so in the end i can achieve more with a lesser amount of time.