The Paradox of Our Age
We have bigger houses but 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 medicines, but less healthiness;
We’ve been all the way to moon and back,
But have trouble crossing the street to meet
the new neighbor.
We built more computers to hold
more information
To produce more copies than ever,
But have less communication;
We have become long way on quantity
But short on quality.
These are times of fast foods
But slow digestion;
Tall man but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It is a time when there is much in the window,
But nothing in the room.
- HH The XIV Dalai Lama
Beyond the paradox.. Meeting with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
We have bigger houses but 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 medicines, but less healthiness;
We’ve been all the way to moon and back,
But have trouble crossing the street to meet
the new neighbor.
We built more computers to hold
more information
To produce more copies than ever,
But have less communication;
We have become long way on quantity
But short on quality.
These are times of fast foods
But slow digestion;
Tall man but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It is a time when there is much in the window,
But nothing in the room.
- HH The XIV Dalai Lama
Beyond the paradox.. Meeting with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
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