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Jennifer Senior's article in New York magazine covers some of the same lines as Mr Wilkinson's paper, namely, that there's a difference between happiness and meaningfulness, that gratification isn't the same thing as reward.
The few studies that have focused on content sharing activities in online communities found that gratification, social interaction, reciprocity, and self-identifications are strongly related to why people share knowledge online [31].
"But seasoned organizers know that gratification cannot be deferred until after the "revolution".
Smart people know that gratification doesn't come quickly and hard work comes long before the reward.
There is a certain irony to all of this: instant gratification – perhaps in the form of a latte grabbed on the way to work – is made possible in an age of tax avoidance and massive profits, and yet it makes us more impatient as campaigners, more unwilling to give up that gratification for the things we know are right.
"A collector collects for gratification, and part of that gratification is to be able to show them off".
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"And you can convince them, 'Call me back if you find something new.' They have that immediate gratification that you are interested in what they are telling you".
I was restless; I wanted that instant gratification that a distraction provides so well.
Or because these kids assume that delayed gratification is for suckers?
His writings are full of dark warnings about the way that "instant gratification" and "unrestrained personal liberty" erode social norms.
I suspect that its gratification of French notions of cultural superiority has had much to do with its best-seller status in that country.
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