Delayed gratification part 1 According to the Marshmallow experiment study, those of kids who were able to wait till the return of a tester with extra reward became more successful in adulthood than other children. Well, those results might be thought of as true ones, but one should not leave out such important things as political, economical, and social situation in the world. The modern world changes really fast. Once learned things become outdated right away, once earned money becomes devalued even faster. As for the latter, people came up with the idea of investments, not even this activity guarantee any wealthy future. Actually, nothing guarantees anything. And I quite understand those people who prefer living for today. They might die tomorrow, who knows. And before that sad moment they could have a little bit of fun. Nobody can blame them for this.