While there is some good common sense in this piece, it was NOT authored by George Carlin. See snopes.
snopes.com: The Paradox of Our Time.
Whenever something like this comes to my attention, generally through the internet, I run it through Snopes, whether I agree with it, or not. Carlin was a deep thinker and an intellectual, as are most successful comedians. It takes a lot of intelligence to see the humor and the irony in life, and expose it, which most comedians do.