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Nation Of Button-Smackers Commentator David Shenk has come to believe we've become way too impatient in our quest for newer, faster technologies. A 15-second wait for a web site to load seems interminable. He believes as the technology improves and the waits become shorter, they will seem longer.
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Nation Of Button-Smackers

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Commentator David Shenk has come to believe we've become way too impatient in our quest for newer, faster technologies. A 15-second wait for a web site to load seems interminable. He believes as the technology improves and the waits become shorter, they will seem longer.