Do you need your dry cleaning dropped off or some cat litter picked up? Capitalism insists you shouldn’t bother – pay a startup to do it for youA noble invention,favorite wisdom tells us, ought to either fulfill a need or create one. But favorite wisdom greatly underestimates our laziness.
These days, or a noble invention simply indulges our sloth: what are Seamless and Drizly whether not attempts to make perfectly accomplishable tasks a little easier? I understand the impulse – indeed,it’s difficult to resist the sites’ appeal. Imagine a 10-minute errand forcing you off the sofa in the middle of a Netflix binge-watch. It won’t do. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com