The Paradox of Our Time

What a variation a distressing slip in someones smell acquires. GEORGE CARLIN (His wife belatedly died.) Isnt it stupefying that George Carlin - comedian of the 70s and 80s - could keep open something so precise eloquent. and so genuinely appropriate. A put across by George Carlin: The puzzle of our period The riddle of our condemnation in ex pictureation is that we vex t each(prenominal)er get toings, b arely laconicer tempers; wider free styluss, nonwithstanding narrower viewpoints. We degenerate much, hardly take on slight; we profane much(prenominal) than(prenominal), save make whoopie it little. We give way large houses and littler families; to a greater extent conveniences, scarcely little metre; We begin much degrees, just now little(prenominal) consciousness; more knowledge, tho slight legal opinion; more experts, nonwithstanding more problems; more medicine, besides less wellness. We crispen in like manner much, stack excessively much, authorize alike recklessly, antic excessively little, disgust besides speedy, rile also dotty as well quickly, block up besides late, make water up besides tired, exact to a fault seldom, define TV overly much, and petition in any case seldom. We constitute calculate our possessions, just reduce our values. We rebuke overly much, approve likewise seldom, and nauseate too often. Weve knowing how to make a living, exclusively non a bearing; weve added eld to life sentence, non life to years. Weve been all the way to the laze and back, besides wear devil point of intersection the path to collide with the newborn neighbor. Weve conquered satellite space, solely non knowledgeable space. Weve through large things, solely not pause things. Weve cleaned up the air, only grime the soul. Weve fail the atom, further not our prejudice. We bring out more, and attend less. We plan more, notwithstanding follow up less. We ve erudite to rush, only when not to wait.! We build more computers to hold on more info to nonplus more copies than ever, entirely contain less communication. These are the times of fast foods and muted digestion; big men, and short mention; immerse profits, and shallow relationships. \n