4. The force of social acceleration has in fact modified the very definition of love. Influenced by high-speed technology and a culture of quick turnaround time and instant results, people expect life to express-deliver the love they need, and they grow restive when it does not. We come to expect the imperfect human beings in our lives to operate as efficiently as our computers and we quickly lose patience with those we might otherwise love if they do not respond as swiftly, or obey as readily, as the machines we know.