Thought for the Day

[VoidStar]

"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 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, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We have multiplied out 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 the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice.

We have higher incomes, but lower morals; we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of tall men, and short character; steep in profits, but shallow relationships. These are times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure and less fun; higher postage, but slower mail; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorces; these are times of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, cartridge living, throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies and pills that do everything from cheer, to prevent, quiet or kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stock room; a time when technology has brought this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit delete..."

-Author Unknown

So if you read this, and understand it, and aren't currently going on and on in your head with, "more this less that" right now, then thank you for reading it.

I saw this a long time ago, and it came up today in one of my classes, so I thought I'd share it.

It is your choice to agree or even take things out of this, so leave it at that.

Have a good day everyone~

Edited January 15, 2015 by VoidStar

[NickCrash]

It is not a paradox if you visualise that people nowadays set certain goals and most of them aim at having more money. Given that it is this generation that benefits from the great technology boom but has not lived the time before it, meaning hard work for minimal outcome, it is logical that they sacrifice time in order to get better results. Results that have to do with an image. You want to show people your accomplishments. Since the phenomenon of "social classes" was more evident before, we cannot understand this tendency and call it a paradox by thinking of humanity as a whole. The rich wanted to stay rich, and the poorer aimed at becoming richer. The result from both is showing off. They try to illustrate something that might not exist. By creating this "contest" people have aimed their lives not towards earning more or better products to help themselves and their family, but to show off that they have more than the others, in a desperate try to look superior. That causes a drop in ethics and emotion, not only towards the loved ones, but also everyone else they interract with. This expands on the concept of different, but it is already a well-known fact which we'd rather not elaborate upon.

This is also seen in the field of science. The goal of most scientists is not to make progress in a field, in order to help humanity by making lives easier, prolonging them or entertaining them. Rather it is aimed at recognition and praise. Those of course do not apply to all, just like the paragraph above. But if it applies to most or at least a great percentage, something went wrong, somewhere we made a wrong turn.

I'd like to quote something that I found interesting.

Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

Edited January 16, 2015 by nickcrash

[Chevaleresse]

People have been saying that society is decaying internally since those words were first invented by some Anglo-Saxon. I'm not holding my breath.

[firewidow]

How do you add your trainer card and What type am i results to your comments? Sorry about random Question.

But Back to the topic I read what you wrote and I understand and loved reading it

Edited January 28, 2015 by firewidow