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
sense,
more knowledge,
but less judgment,
more experts,
but more problems,
more medicine,
but less wellness.
We drink too much,
smoke too much,
spend too recklessly,
laugh
too little,
drive too fast,
get too angry too quickly,
stay up too late,
get up too tired,
read too little,
watch TV too much.
We have multiplied our possessions,
but
reduced our values.
We talk too much and lie too often.
We've learned how to make a living,
but
not a life;
we've added years to life,
but 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.
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