Our world is terrorised by short-term thinking. So many aspects of our lives are now governed by instant gratification from Insta likes to Twitter notification on our mobile devices. In our working world, people expect emails will be answered immediately. Netflix tracks our habits, reminding us of the next “must watch” mini-series. In the financial markets, Bitcoin surges and then collapses, driven in part by the oppressiveness of nanosecond algorithm trading.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2021 09:33 UTC