Paradox of Our Times
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts,but more problems; more medicines, but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too little 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 have taller building, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have 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 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. We build more computers to hold more information, to prouce more copies, but have less communication. We are 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. More leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition; two incomes, but more diorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
时代的悖论
我们的住房日益宽敞，家庭却逐渐缩小；我们拥有更多的便利，时间却日显紧张；我们获得了更多的学位，常识却日益缺乏；我们的知识更加丰富，判断却逐日迟钝；专家辈出，问题却更多；新药迭出，身体却每况愈下。
我们盲目消费，难得欢笑，疯狂飙车，动辄发怒；深夜才入睡，起床时仍浑身疲惫；懒于读书，酷爱电视，疏于祈祷。
我们的财富在成倍增加，自身价值却在降低。我们高谈阔论，真爱太少，谎话连篇。如果生存，我们了如指掌，如何生活，我们无从谈起；我们在不断延长寿命，生活质量却未能提高。
楼房在不断增高，脾气却趋于暴躁；道路日益宽阔，视野却更加狭隘；我们付出得更多，收获却更少；我们买得东西更多了，而从中得到的享受却更少。
我们往返于送远的月球，却不能去拜拜访街道对面的新邻居。我们已征服了太空，却无法走进人的内心；我们已成功地分解了原子，却打不破偏见；写得更多了，学到的却更少；我们制定了很多计划，实施的却很少。
我们学会了争分夺秒，但没学会等待；我们的收入不断提高，道德水准却日显衰退；我们造出了更多的计算机来储存信息，复制备份，但彼此间的交流日少。数量在增加，质量远不足。
这是个快餐食品与消化不良相随的时代，身材高大与品格渺不共存的时代，追逐暴利与漠视人情同步的时代。闲暇更多了，乐趣却少了；食品花样多了，营养却降低了；两个人都挣钱了，离婚率也上升了；房子装饰豪华了，家庭却破碎了。