Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt
Casey Gerald: Evanghelia îndoielii
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
adunate într-o biserică din Texas,
draped in worn-down red fabric,
îmbrăcate în material roșu spălăcit,
and a choir at my back
built into the wall behind them.
construită în zidul din spatele lor.
in the back not paying attention.
ce nu sunt atenți.
that Jesus would return
ca Iisus să se întoarcă
for all that I had done,
pentru tot ceea ce făcusem,
my house in order very quickly.
să-mi pun lucrurile în ordine.
as one might listen for noise,
ca cel care caută zgomotul,
hadn't pulled a fast one on me
că Iisus nu se grăbise
that were all the rage at the time.
care erau la modă atunci.
in the rapture at midnight,
taking the mark of the beast,
să iau semnul diavolului,
and the Antichrist himself.
și cu însuși anticristul.
out of the pews and down to the altar
ne-a chemat din strană la altar
when midnight struck.
la miezul nopții.
as I like to call them --
cum îmi place să le spun
has a VIP section.
are o secțiune VIP.
had been bent under hot suns
fusese îndoit de soarele arzător
a creaseless noble brown,
într-un brun nobil și ridat,
for what life might become
were the stars of the show for me.
erau vedetele pentru mine.
for this moment,
had longed for the end of the world,
așteptaseră sfârșitul lumii,
waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show
emisiunea lui Oprah Winfrey
every day at 4 o'clock.
to her hand during this prayer,
de mâna ei în timpul rugăciunii,
to the call of the prayer
la chemarea către rugăciune
to add the dirge.
left in the field.
being separated from the chaff.
grâul separat de pleavă.
a răsunat deasupra noastră:
any signs of disappointment,
să se arate dezamăgiţi,
și pentru prea mult timp,
as best I could.
cât de bine am putut,
ci de două ori
to turn on the television
pentru a deschide televizorul,
announce the new millennium
anunțând noul mileniu
been strange anyway,
că ar fi fost ciudat oricum
din nou și din nou
even more ridiculous --
să mă simt și mai ridicol,
I did not stop believing.
nu am renunțat la credință.
I had were wrong,
mele să fie greșite,
a mountain of certitude,
un munte de certitudini,
to its foundation,
dramă a vieții mele
prepared for Y2K in a very different way,
v-ați pregătit diferit pentru noul an,
the same thing that I have done
a făcut același lucru
and my father stayed away
iar tata nu s-a întors
am ajuns la 18 ani la Yale
from Oak Cliff, Texas
din Oak Cliff Texas
all the challenges I had known,
and broken bodies I had seen.
one winter break,
couldn't save me.
nu mă putea salva.
at Lehman Brothers
am fost la Fraţii Lehman
couldn't save me.
in Washington DC as a young staffer,
am fost intern la Washington DC
call out from Illinois,
tocmai din Illinois:
has come to America."
o schimbare în America.”
began to feel like a cruel joke,
the political second coming
of the American Dream,
în faţa visului American
that I would either believe
to yet another mecca,
la o altă Mecca
simply accept the salvation
puteam baza pe salvarea oferită.
of a crowded party,
miserable Cambridge winter,
for something real have asked
cu adevărat făcuseră deja
or how we'd get there,
as Jack Kerouac wrote,
am tânjit toată viaţa noastră
and disappear somewhere,"
şi să dispărem undeva”
other voices who said
and the proof too thin,
iar dovezile neînsemnate
in the summer of 2013,
8.000 de mile în America
through the desolation of Detroit,
pustiul din Detroit,
with men and women
at the West Point of capitalism,
captalismului
called MBAs Across America,
non-profit MBA Across America
on this stage today.
a great hunger in our generation
noua generaţie tânjeşte
countless entrepreneurs
am găsit mulţi antreprenori
şi schimbau vieţi
de puţin ajutor.
ca asta să se întâmple.
to which I would not go
of a broken country,
venit să îl prezint azi.
in New York City,
of Harvard Business School.
ai vremii de azi,
and their good deeds.
colegii şi faptele lor bune.
and assets under management
sitting in an urban farm
tell me of the kids
îmi vorbea de copiii
all of their belongings in a backpack
in a homeless shelter.
with money from his pension,
că a început acest program
de taximetrist.
himself a salary,
the program struggled for resources.
succes, resursele lipseau.
I felt the sting and salt of tears
am simţit cum lacrimi
had half a trillion dollars,
aveau o avere imensă
that made me want to cry,
m-a făcut să plâng
homeless kids,
cărora le este foame,
because I had finally realized
a kidney transplant.
nevoie de un transplant.
stood in for all those
era pentru toţi cei care
themselves up by their bootstraps,
that never went to Harlem
necunoscut în Harlem
for all those voices
too unwashed, too unaccommodated.
in front of the television,
anunţând venirea noului mileniu
announce the new millennium
from that altar
the world would end,
lumea se va sfârşi
as a necessary act of God
necesar al lui Dumnezeu
as any time that came before.
in the prophecy of Brené Brown
lui Brené Brown
of The New Yorker
at the church of TED,
of charismatic leaders
liderilor carismatici
of the capitalism that is our god,
al Dumnezeului nostru -- capitalismul,
progresul tehnologic
the human price we pay
pe care îl plătim
our whole foundation.
that we have come to accept,
am ajuns să le acceptăm
of disruption or innovation
to share with you today, in fact.
o evanghelie a credinţei .
that you stop believing,
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
nostru în mod liber
their power to do this work
că poate face acest lucru
and our odds are too long
şi şansele nu ne permit
there will be no miracles here.
seem to lead to our demise,
nu conduc la rezultatul dorit,
no comfort to our wounds,
into the darkness of our lives
în întunericul vieţii noastre
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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