——如下文字抄录于《一本小小的红色写作书》。
鲍勃·穆尔黑德论我们时代的悖论
文／鲍勃·穆尔黑德
历史上我们这个时代的悖论是：我们盖的楼更高脾气却更急，公路建得更宽眼界却更窄，花费更多却拥有更少，购买得更多却享受得更少，房子更大但家庭更小，便捷更多但时间更少，学位更多但理智更少，知识更多但判断更少，专家更多但问题也更多，药物更多但健康更少。
我们酒喝得太多、烟抽得太多、钱花得太随意、笑得太少、车开得太快、易怒、熬夜、赖床、书读得太少、电视看得太多、祈祷得太少。
我们增加了财产却减少了价值，我们说得太多却爱得太少恨得太多。
我们学会了如何生存而不是生活；我们延长了生命的年限而不是生活的年限；我们登上月球又返回，却很难穿过街道去拜访新邻居；我们征服了外太空，却征服不了内心；我们做了更大的事情，却不是更好的事情。
我们清洁了空气，但污染了灵魂；我们征服了原子，却没有征服偏见；我们写得更多但学得更少；我们计划更多却完成更少；我们学会了奔跑却忘记了等待；我们制造了更多计算机存储更多信息，生产比任何时候都更多的产品，但我们却交流得越来越少。
这是吃快餐却消化迟钝的时代，身躯高大但性格侏儒的时代，名利高踞但人情浅薄的时代。这个时代有双收入，却有更高的离婚率，有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。这个时代有快速的旅行，一次性尿片，也有被抛弃的道德、一夜情、超重的身体，各种神通广大的药片可以让人从欢愉到安静甚至死亡。这是个陈列橱窗满满，而贮藏室空空的时代。
在这个时代，信息技术将这封信传递给你；此时此刻，你可以选择从此变得与众不同，抑或可以按下删除键……
The Paradox of Our Time
By Dr. Bob Moore head
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 it 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 drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little,drive too fast, get 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 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 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; we plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals; we have more food, but less appeasement; 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, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality,one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; 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...
上述文章抄录于加拿大作家布兰登·罗伊尔的《一本小小的红色写作书》。
