Waiting Almost Disappeared

Waiting Almost Disappeared explores how high-speed networks, streaming, instant messaging, contactless payments, cloud services, automation, and on-demand technology gradually reduced waiting across modern life. As delays became shorter and services became faster, people began to expect immediate access, seamless experiences, and continuous availability without even realizing those expectations had changed.

The sixth book in the Everyday Technology series, it reveals how technology transformed waiting from a normal part of life into something that increasingly feels like an interruption.