KISS

Lendo a ZH desse domingo

abre parênteses
sim, porque como boa gaúcha já leio ZH de domingo no sábado de tarde.
Um viva para a tecnologia!
Já que não tem Zero Hora nas bancas do Rio... Tem até Le Monde, mas não tem ZH, vê se eu posso com isso?
fecha parênteses

me deparei com uma frase na coluna da Lurdete Ertel que dizia o seguinte:

"De George Carlin: Temos casas maiores, famílias menores; mais facilidades, menos tempo; mais diplomas, menos senso; mais conhecimento, menos juízo; mais especialistas, mais problemas; mais remédios, menos bem-estar."

Achei o fragmento interessante, e resolvi procurar mais. Encontrei várias traduções para o texto mas prefiro transcrevê-lo da forma original. (Em português aqui)

The paradox of our time
George Carlin

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 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, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, 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 a new neighbor. We 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 conquered 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 build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway 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 showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.


A carta não está na íntegra pois descamba para o melodrama no final.
Mas gostei do que ele fala...
Tenho pensado muito nos últimos dias...
Acho que estou complicando demais as coisas.

Como já diziam Plant e Page:
"Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do.."

Preciso voltar para a filosofia do meu querido professor e paraninfo Gallas (que a Elisa lembrou esses dias na aula):

KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Talvez seja só sono e dor de cabeça...
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