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The Paradox of Our Age
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We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we
spend more, but have less; we buy more, but
enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time; we have
more degrees, but less common sense; more
knowledge, but less judgment; more experts,
but more problems; more medicine, but less
wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too angry too quickly,
stay up too late, get up too tired, read
too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray
too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but
reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom and
lie too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but
not a life; we've added years to life,
not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and
back, but have trouble crossing the
street to meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not
inner space; we've done larger things,
but not better things; we've cleaned
up the air, but polluted the soul;
we've split the atom, but not our
prejudice; we write more, but learn
less; plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait;
we have higher incomes; but lower morals;
more food but less appeasement;
more acquaintances, but fewer friends;
more effort but less success.
We build more computers to hold more
information, to produce more copies
than ever, but have less communication;
we've become long on quantity, but short
on quality.
These are the times of fast foods and
slow digestion; tall men and short character;
steep profits, and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but
domestic warfare; more leisure and less fun;
more kinds of food but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce;
of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable
diapers, throwaway morality, one-night
stands, and pills that do everything from
cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the
show window, and nothing in the stockroom.
The paradox of our age.
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