Have We Made Life Too Convenient? (0016)

Food arrives, entertainment never ends and almost every inconvenience has an app. But when we remove effort, what else disappears? Ruth and Luke debate the comforts that free our time and the shortcuts that may cost us skills, patience and satisfaction. From cooking and navigation to friendship and endless scrolling, they ask which difficulties are worth keeping and whose labour makes convenience possible.Go deeper:The convenience trap — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConvenienceThe IKEA effect: why effort builds satisfaction — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effectDeskilling: what convenience can cost — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeskillingThe Google effect: why we stop remembering — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_effect