The Paradox of the Pickup Truck

When I first saw this poster, it seemed intriguing and, at first — maybe — inspiring:


"The Paradox of Our Age," the heading reads. And then it goes on...

We have bigger houses, but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement [sic];
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness;
We have been all the way to the moon and back,
But have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication;
We've become long on quantity and short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;
Tall men but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It's a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

H.H. The XIV Dalai Lama

I confess I didn't read the whole thing then because the moment passed as I realized it was adhered to the side of this pickup truck:


Which meant the person who posted it doesn't have any idea what a paradox (or irony) is.

Oh. And by the way, a quick search of the title and the name Dalai Lama turns up a Snopes post that says he didn't write it (and neither did George Carlin, nor one of the survivors of Columbine). It's part of an essay by Bob Moorehead, the former pastor of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church, so if it sounded kind of preachy... that's because it is.