The Paradox of Our Time. George Carlin. We have taller buidings but shorter tempers. We have 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. We have more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees but less sense. We have more knowledge but less judgment. We have more experts but more problems. We have more medicine but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and hate 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, 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. We plan more but accomplish less. We've learned to rush but not to wait. We build more computers to hold These are the times of fast foods and slow
digestion, These are the times of world peace but domestic
warfare; These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; These are days of quick trips, disposable
diapers, It is a time when there is much in the |