Crime Junkies

From what I was told about people who commit crimes by the prison presentation, they like instant gratification, aligning this statistic with the fact of drugs giving instant gratification after ingestion, what is the black box of self-destructive behavior and instant gratification. There is a DARE program in every middle school in America, yet millions of American's do drugs. If knowing the consequences and possible out comes of drug use why is it that people still partake in drug use. Crimes also give the offender instant gratification most of the time; stealing, mugging, selling drugs. Instant gratification relates to basic need satisfaction; eating, sex, sleep. All of these make you happier faster relative to putting money in a retirement fund or studying, which pay off later. When something can make a person feel better instantly after the act there is some kind of primal reward that humans thrive on. Be it a chemical in the brain or a reinforcement of self image, most self-destructive behavior is the result of activities with instant gratification

Plastic surgery could be the next frontier of cleanliness that the human race crosses as our economic well being increases. Freud suggested that beauty as a measure of value is an important aspect of a civilization. In our current time period soap is in abundance, but it has not always been that way. As civilizations advanced, standards of personal hygiene skyrocketed. It cleanliness and beauty products have always advanced and become more widely available in wealthy cultures. A product or procedure will be introduced to the market, and at first only rich people can afford to use it, but eventually it becomes used by most people. over the last 20 years plastic surgery has become much cheaper, more accepted, and of higher quality. Once it is cheap enough for the regular person to afford, will it become expected like shaving or make up?