Instantly.

Recently, I got this thing called Spotify. It's basically like a better version of Grooveshark, for those of you unfamiliar with it. I can stream whatever song I want to listen to, almost instantly.

I also have Netflix which lets me watch most things I want to, whenever I want to.

(I might have just paused writing for about 20 minutes to watch That '70s Show.)

I also have a smartphone that lets me do both of those things, and pretty much whatever else I want to do. I can't remember something, and instead of wondering, I look it up. There's no need to ponder any question. I can know the answer.

But I want to ponder that. Is there value in wondering about things? I'm not worried about our generation having less patience. I'm not worried about us learning how to find information more than we learn information. I'm worried we're going to lose our imagination.

When you don't know something, your mind is free to create it's own answer. When you can know anything, your mind doesn't need to.