The Tyranny of Convenience
http://timgombis.com/2014/04/18/the-tyranny-of-convenience/ By timgombis In a recent class, we discussed how the modern value of convenience works against the cultivation of rich community life in churches. We are rushed and hurried, and the frantic and harried pace of life shapes us in such ways that we see occasions where we can linger with one another as “wasted time.” We’re not accomplishing anything! We can do this more conveniently! I was struck by the following passage in Michael Moss’s book, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us , a fascinating look at the processed food industry . It reveals just one way in which convenience as an obvious value of modern life was reinforced by advertising over the last half-century. Every year in New York City , the top executives of companies that sold a wide range of goods gathered together under the auspices of the Conference Board, an august association best ...