Modern Paradoxes

Modern Paradoxes
The paradox of our time is that we spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more comforts, but less time. We more information, but less knowledge, more questions, but fewer answers. We build more computers to hold more information, but we communicate with each other less and less. We have more possessions, but fewer values. We are now long on quantity, but short on quality.
We drink too much, smoke too much, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, read too little, watch TV too much.
We know much about the Moon and Mars, but avoid crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We are masters of outer space but not of inner space. We say “yes” to a bigger car in the showroom, but “no” to a homeless street kid who tries to sell us a bag of cookies.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, tall men and short character, large profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of luxurious houses, but broken homes. These are times of more leisure, but less fun, overweight bodies, but selfish souls.
It is a time when technology brings this message to you, and a time you can choose either to make a difference and pass it on, or to just hit “delete”.

Paradoxos modernos
O paradoxo do nosso tempo é que gastamos mais, mas temos menos, compramos mais, mas apreciamos menos. Temos casas maiores e famílias menores, mais conforto, mas menos tempo. Podemos obter mais informações, mas menos conhecimento, mais perguntas, mas menos respostas. Construímos mais computadores para armazenar mais informação, mas nos comunicamos uns com os outros menos. Temos mais posses, mas menos valores. Estamos agora muito em quantidade, mas curto sobre a qualidade.
Podemos beber demais, fumar demais, rir de menos, dirigir rápido demais, ficar muito irritado, ler muito pouco, assistir TV demais. Nós sabemos muito sobre a Lua e Marte, mas evitamos atravessar a rua para atender a um novo vizinho.