Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken
باري سشورتز: طريقتنا في التفكير في العمل مصدعة
Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. Lately, working with Ken Sharpe, he's studying wisdom. Full bio
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and answer is this:
out of bed every morning
كـ "TED" لأخرى
TED-like adventure to another?
that very question.
هذا السؤال بالذات .
we have to make a living,
أن نغطي معايشنا ،
that that's the answer to the question,
هذه إجابة للسؤال ،
the work we do is challenging,
العمل الذي نقوم به مليء بالتحديات،
it's meaningful.
وهو ذا معنى .
it might even be important.
if we didn't get paid,
are a pretty bad reason
سبب سخيف
that he's "in it for the money,"
يعمل من أجل المال."
raises what is for me
يثير ماهو بالنسبة لي
majority of people on the planet,
على هذا الكوكب ،
has none of the characteristics
and off to the office every morning?
و يذهبون للمكتب كل صباح ؟
the majority of people on the planet
لأغلبية الناس على الكوكب
meaningless and soul-deadening?
of goods and services,
that might come from work were eliminated?
الذي قد يأتي من عمل ، منبوذ ؟
in call centers,
في مراكز الإتصال ،
to do what they do except for pay.
لفعل هذا ماعدا الأجر .
screws people, blah blah --
تشغيل ذاتي يخدع الناس و..و..
the kind of technology
and that people come to TED to hear about.
فيأتي الناس إلى ( TED ) للإستماع لها .
the technology of things,
science creates ideas.
تقوم العلوم بخلق أفكار .
are ways of understanding ourselves.
هي طرق لفهم أنفسنا .
on how we think, what we aspire to,
فيما نطمح إليه ،
is God's will, you pray.
هو مشيئة الله ، تصلي .
of your own inadequacy,
عدم كفائتك ،
the result of oppression and domination,
نتيجة القمع والهيمنة ،
is resignation or revolution,
استسلام أو ثورة ،
the sources of your poverty.
فقركم .
in shaping us as human beings,
في تشكيلنا على هيئة بشر ،
the most profoundly important technology
تكون أعمق وأهم تكنولوجيا
about idea technology,
from the technology of things.
will not go away
that they're true,
and institutions
with these very false ideas.
الأفكار الخاطئة جداً .
created a factory system
نظام صناعي
could possibly get out of your day's work,
في يوم عملك ،
one of the fathers
Adam Smith --
آدم سميث
were by their very natures lazy,
كانوا بطبعهم كسولين جدا ،
unless you made it worth their while,
ماعدا مايستحق وقتهم ،
by giving them rewards.
بإعطائهم مكافآت ،
anyone ever did anything.
في أن يفعل اي شخص أي شيء .
with that false view of human nature.
هذه النظرة الخاطئة لطبيعة البشر .
of production was in place,
الإنتاج هذا في مكان ما ،
for people to operate,
للناس للعمل حقا ،
with Adam Smith's vision.
حسب رؤية أدم سميث .
can create a circumstance
good help anymore."
بعد الآن .
وسائل جيدة بعد الآن "
that is demeaning and soulless.
يعتبر مهينا و بلا روح لينجزوه .
آدم سميث
this incredible invention
هذا الإختراع المذهل
in assembly lines,
في خطوط التجميع
in assembly lines, he says:
في خطوط التجميع، يقول
possible for a human being to become."
للإنسان أن يصبح عليه ".
possible for a human being to become."
للإنسان أن يصبح عليه ."
what Adam Smith was telling us there,
ما يخبرنا به (آدم سميث)
within which people work
to the demands of that institution
لمطالب تلك المؤسسة
from their work that we take for granted.
عن أعمالهم ، ما نعتبره أمر مسُلّم به .
natural science --
العلوم الأجتماعية
theories about the cosmos,
حول النظام
indifferent to our theories.
we have about the cosmos.
the theories we have of human nature,
التي نملكها بشأن طبيعة البشر
by the theories we have
التي نملكها
and help us understand human beings.
طبيعة البشر .
Clifford Geertz, said, years ago,
قال قبل سنوات :
are the "unfinished animals."
was that it is only human nature
of the society in which people live.
الذي يعيش فيه الناس.
that is to say our human nature,
لتقول أن طبيعتنا البشرية
than it is discovered.
within which people live and work.
ما يعيشه الناس و ما يعملون .
to being with masters of the universe --
لتكونوا سادة العالم
yourself a question,
أن تسألوا أنفسكم سؤالاً
to run your organizations.
do you want to help design?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Barry Schwartz - PsychologistBarry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. Lately, working with Ken Sharpe, he's studying wisdom.
Why you should listen
In his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz tackles one of the great mysteries of modern life: Why is it that societies of great abundance — where individuals are offered more freedom and choice (personal, professional, material) than ever before — are now witnessing a near-epidemic of depression? Conventional wisdom tells us that greater choice is for the greater good, but Schwartz argues the opposite: He makes a compelling case that the abundance of choice in today's western world is actually making us miserable.
Infinite choice is paralyzing, Schwartz argues, and exhausting to the human psyche. It leads us to set unreasonably high expectations, question our choices before we even make them and blame our failures entirely on ourselves. His relatable examples, from consumer products (jeans, TVs, salad dressings) to lifestyle choices (where to live, what job to take, who and when to marry), underscore this central point: Too much choice undermines happiness.
Schwartz's previous research has addressed morality, decision-making and the varied inter-relationships between science and society. Before Paradox he published The Costs of Living, which traces the impact of free-market thinking on the explosion of consumerism -- and the effect of the new capitalism on social and cultural institutions that once operated above the market, such as medicine, sports, and the law.
Both books level serious criticism of modern western society, illuminating the under-reported psychological plagues of our time. But they also offer concrete ideas on addressing the problems, from a personal and societal level.
Schwartz is the author of the TED Book, Why We Work.
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