Tiffany Silverberg's recent article here at Freeople, "The Tyranny Of Convenience", reminds me of an article I wrote back in April for Liberty Maven that shares a very similar theme. It is a bit Ron Paul centric but the overall theme applies to the general topic of Tiffany's article. It is reprinted below.
We microwave our meals and email our correspondence. We keep up to date with minute-by-minute news on our BlackBerrys and PDAs. In an age of advanced technology and instant gratification, we have become ever more accustomed to instant fixes.