Impatience is a Cultural Problem in America

And we are exporting it to the rest of the world

Just Sit. Photo Martin Edic

We have a ‘I want it yesterday’ culture in the US. It is integral to the original promise of America, the land of potential for all. The potential for riches. The potential for individual freedom and freedom from oppression. It is a part of the central myth of American exceptionalism, a myth that is in free…