我们的房子变大了，家庭却变小了；
一切更便利了，时间却少了；
我们拥有了更多的学位，却少了常识；
有了更多的知识，却缺乏判断；
更多的专家，却面对更多的问题；
越来越多的药物，却越来越少的健康；
我们已经能够往返月球，却很难穿过马路看看新来的邻居；
我们能制造更多的计算机储存更多的信息，生产更多的备份，却渐渐失去了交流；
我们过多地注重数量，却失去了质量；
我们有了快餐，消化却变慢了；
外表漂亮的人却没有内涵；
巨大的经济利益却伴随着淡薄的人际关系；
这个时代，窗户上挂满了东西，房间里却空空如一。

THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE
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 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.