* Easier means of buying = less conscious effort before making a buying decision.
* Less conscious effort = consumers buy more in shorter periods of time.
* Corporations are shifting their focus to making the fastest, most profitable online stores imaginable; all the marketing and testing that goes into making these online stores makes the buying experience simpler and simpler.
The speaker wonders what happens to a deferred dream. He wonders if it dries up like a raisin in the sun, or if it oozes like a wound and then runs. It might smell like rotten meat or develop a sugary crust.
