Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt
كيسي جيرالد: إنجيل الشك
Casey Gerald chronicles the current state of the American Dream and explores ways to sustain it for a new generation. Full bio
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into a Texas church
draped in worn-down red fabric,
مغطاة بقماش أحمر بالٍ،
and a choir at my back
وكورال من خلفي
built into the wall behind them.
in the back not paying attention.
في الخلف.
that Jesus would return
أن يعود المسيح مرة ثانية
for all that I had done,
عن كل ما قد فعلته،
my house in order very quickly.
أحل مشاكلي الخاصة بمنتهي السرعة.
as one might listen for noise,
قد ينصت بها شخص إلى الضجة،
hadn't pulled a fast one on me
that were all the rage at the time.
آخر صيحات الموضة في ذلك الوقت.
in the rapture at midnight,
taking the mark of the beast,
أن يوصمني الوحش بعلامته،
and the Antichrist himself.
وعدو المسيح نفسه.
out of the pews and down to the altar
when midnight struck.
منتصف الليل.
as I like to call them --
كما أحب أن أدعوهم --
has a VIP section.
قسم لكبار الشخصيات.
had been bent under hot suns
ظهورهم الشابة تحت الشموس الحارقة
a creaseless noble brown,
باللون البني النبيل،
for what life might become
were the stars of the show for me.
كان هؤلاء الرجال والنساء هم نجوم العرض.
for this moment,
تلك اللحظة،
had longed for the end of the world,
إلى نهاية العالم،
waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show
أوبرا وينفري
every day at 4 o'clock.
الساعة الرابعة.
to her hand during this prayer,
أثناء هذه الصلاة،
to the call of the prayer
to add the dirge.
الترنيمة الجنائزية.
left in the field.
في الخلاء.
being separated from the chaff.
any signs of disappointment,
آمارة على خيبة الأمل،
as best I could.
to turn on the television
المناسب لأفتح التلفزيون
announce the new millennium
يعلن بداية الألفية الجديدة
been strange anyway,
even more ridiculous --
I did not stop believing.
لم أتوقف عن الإيمان.
I had were wrong,
التي كانت لدى خاطئة،
a mountain of certitude,
اليقين،
to its foundation,
prepared for Y2K in a very different way,
بطريقة مختلفة تمامًا،
the same thing that I have done
الذي فعلته
and my father stayed away
وبقي أبي بعيدًا
from Oak Cliff, Texas
تكساس
all the challenges I had known,
التي عرفتها،
and broken bodies I had seen.
التي رأيتها.
one winter break,
الشتوية في مدينتي
couldn't save me.
لا يمكنه أن ينقذني
at Lehman Brothers
couldn't save me.
تنقذني.
in Washington DC as a young staffer,
كموظف شاب،
call out from Illinois,
has come to America."
في أمريكا".
began to feel like a cruel joke,
the political second coming
of the American Dream,
that I would either believe
to yet another mecca,
غير مكة،
simply accept the salvation
الخلاص
من العمل.
of a crowded party,
miserable Cambridge winter,
كامبريدج البائس
for something real have asked
حقيقيًا
or how we'd get there,
هناك،
as Jack Kerouac wrote,
طوال حياتنا قد توقنا إلى
and disappear somewhere,"
other voices who said
and the proof too thin,
والنجاح غير أكيد،
in the summer of 2013,
أمريكا،
through the desolation of Detroit,
وخرائب ديترويت،
with men and women
at the West Point of capitalism,
للرأسمالية،
called MBAs Across America,
"إم اي إيه إس عبر أمريكا"،
on this stage today.
هذه المنصة.
a great hunger in our generation
countless entrepreneurs
رواد الأعمال
to which I would not go
of a broken country,
in New York City,
of Harvard Business School.
and their good deeds.
الجيدة.
and assets under management
sitting in an urban farm
tell me of the kids
عن الأطفال
all of their belongings in a backpack
in a homeless shelter.
with money from his pension,
من أموال تقاعده،
himself a salary,
the program struggled for resources.
لازال البرنامج يعاني من نقص الموارد.
I felt the sting and salt of tears
شعرت بحرقة وملح الدموع
في غرفة واحدة،
had half a trillion dollars,
نصف تريليون دولار،
that made me want to cry,
هو ما جعلني أبكي،
homeless kids,
because I had finally realized
لأنني أدركت أخيرًا
a kidney transplant.
stood in for all those
themselves up by their bootstraps,
that never went to Harlem
من قبل إلى هارلم
for all those voices
too unwashed, too unaccommodated.
in front of the television,
announce the new millennium
يعلن بداية الألفية الجديدة
from that altar
من ذلك المذبح
the world would end,
as a necessary act of God
as any time that came before.
in the prophecy of Brené Brown
"برينيه براون"
of The New Yorker
at the church of TED,
of charismatic leaders
of the capitalism that is our god,
ذلك هو إلهنا،
the human price we pay
our whole foundation.
that we have come to accept,
التي يتحتم علينا قبولها
of disruption or innovation
أو التجديد
(نموذج محاسبي لقياس الاستقرار والنمو)
to share with you today, in fact.
انجيل الإيمان لكي أشارككم إياه.
هو إنجيل الشك.
that you stop believing,
أن تتوقف عن الإيمان،
we have are wrong,
themselves are wrong.
that it is possible that we,
that we hold in our hands,
that we are putting my organization,
and closed our doors
وأغلقنا أبوابنا
their power to do this work
القيام بهذا العمل
and our odds are too long
وفرصنا بعيدة جدًا
there will be no miracles here.
أنه لن يكون هنا معجزات.
seem to lead to our demise,
وتبدو أنها تقودنا إلى حتفنا،
no comfort to our wounds,
أية راحة لجروحنا،
into the darkness of our lives
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Casey Gerald - AmericanCasey Gerald chronicles the current state of the American Dream and explores ways to sustain it for a new generation.
Why you should listen
Casey Gerald has witnessed every facet of the American Dream -- from his harrowing childhood in Texas, to his tenure at the heights of America's elite institutions, to his journeys through the cities and towns of the American heartland where he has spent his recent years as cofounder and CEO of MBAs Across America. Now his work as a writer, speaker, and business leader centers on the question: will the American dream survive another generation?
Gerald began his career in economic policy and government innovation at the Center for American Progress, and he has worked as a strategist with startup social ventures such as The Future Project as well as companies like The Neiman Marcus Group.
Born and raised in Dallas, Gerald received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he delivered the 2014 commencement address, and a BA in Political Science from Yale College. He has been featured on MSNBC, in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, and he has appeared on the cover of Fast Company, which also named him one of the "Most Creative People in Business." He currently serves on the advisory board of NPR's Generation Listen.
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