We wanted fast delivery. Amazon delivered. What’s next?

March 11, 2019 / 12:04 am

caption: FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS in Palo Alto, Calif.

In 2014 Amazon.com started Prime Now. It promised delivery for a selection of items in just one hour. By 2016, a quarter of Prime members had used it.

Many of us have become accustomed to Amazon's fast delivery since then — the two-day, the two-hour or the one-hour kind.

In this episode of Prime(d) we ask: What are the consequences of our addiction to near-instant delivery? And how far might our entitlement issues take us?

Listen to the podcast by clicking the play button above or subscribing wherever you get your podcasts.

Our theme song is "Ripples on an Evaporated Lake" by Raymond Scott.

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Joshua McNichols
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As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
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