Society is experiencing a shift toward gambles that offer rapid feedback and immediate stimulation over long-term investment.

In a time where almost anything you could want is just a tap away—AI-powered answers in seconds, groceries delivered within the hour, endless content streamed instantly, and real-time validation ...

We live in a society that believes in immediate gratification. Buy something on Amazon. Get it within two business days, sometimes even less. Many of us can remember a time when buying something from ...

Patience is a virtue. Or is it? These days patience seems to be a character trait that is fading fast. Clients want instant answers and fast results. In a professional services industry such as legal ...

Harvard College’s Immediate Gratification Players improv troupe — also known as IGP — impressed college students and Cambridge community members alike with their annual Player of the Year — or POTY ...

Many years ago, there existed an option for people who wanted to purchase significant items that doesn’t exist anymore in a similar form. It was a service that most major stores (especially department ...

Delayed gratification — the ability to sacrifice an immediate reward for a more valuable one in the future — can tell us a lot about intelligence. While once believed to be a uniquely human trait, ...