The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings
> but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend
> more, but have less. We buy more, but enjoy 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, yet 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, stay up too late, get up too
> tired, read too little, 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 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, but have trouble
> crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We 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 conquered 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 more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we
> communicate less and less.
>
> These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and
> small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are
> the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken
> homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway
> morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do
> everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is
> much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when
> technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can
> choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.