“WE HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS,

BUT SHORTER TEMPERS

WIDER FREEWAYS, BUT NARROWER VIEW POINT

WE HAVE MORE DEGREES,

BUT LESS COMMON SENSE

MORE KNOWLEDGE, BUT LESS JUDGEMENTS

MORE EXPERTS, BUT MORE PROBLEMS

WE SPEND TOO RECKLESSLY,

LAUGH TOO LITTLE, READ TOO SELDOM,

WATCH TV TOO MUCH AND PRAY TOO SELDOM,

WE HAVE MULTIPLIED OUR POSSESSIONS

BUT REDUCED OUR VALUES

WE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE LIVING BETTER

BUT NOT A LIFE

WE HAVE RAISED OUR BANK BALANCE

BUT LOST PEACE OF MIND

WE HAVE TROUBLE CROSSING THE STREET

TO MEET THE NEW NEIGHBOURS

WE HAVE CONQUERED OUTER SPACE

BUT NOT INNER SPACE

WE’VE DONE LARGER THINGS BUT NOT BETTER THINGS

WE WRITE MORE, BUT LEARN LESS

THERE ARE TIMES OF WORLD PEACE,

BUT DOMESTIC WARFARE…..”