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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

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Jonathan Sacks

We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve higher grades in school and college and have more success in their careers than others. Success depends on the ability to delay gratification, which is precisely what a consumerist culture undermines. At every stage, the emphasis is on the instant gratification of instinct. In the words of the pop group Queen, “I want it all and I want it now. ” A whole culture is being infantilised.