Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life
Suzan Pinker (Susan Pinker): Tajna dužeg života bi mogla da bude vaš društveni život
Susan Pinker reveals how in-person social interactions are not only necessary for human happiness but also could be a key to health and longevity. Full bio
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of six to eight years longer than men do.
šest do osam godina duže od muškaraca.
u bogatim državama
as many centenarians
where men live as long as women.
gde muškarci žive koliko i žene.
and the habits of the place,
i navike tog mesta,
25 percent of their longevity.
zaslužni za njihovu dugovečnost.
to live to 100 or beyond?
da se živi 100 i više godina?
is an aerial view of Villagrande.
of the blue zone
is not its main virtue,
im nije glavna vrlina,
constantly intersect.
stalno ukrštaju.
of pairs of eyes watching me
pari očiju kako me posmatraju
without its walls, without its cathedral,
bez zidova, bez katedrale,
defined its design.
definisale njegov dizajn.
towards the industrial revolution
se približavali industrijskoj revoluciji
became the risk of the day.
postale svakodnevni rizik.
is the public health risk of our time.
je rizik za javno zdravlje našeg doba.
na koje mogu da se oslone.
now as a contrast
nasuprot tome u Vilagrande
He's 102, a supercentenarian
Ima 102 godine, superstogodišnjak
of the village of Villagrande.
on the forest floor
da nađe na šumskom tlu
koja je takođe živela preko 100 godina,
who also lived past 100,
in a small, homey kitchen
u maloj, udobnoj kuhinji
Angelo and Domenico,
and looking after their father,
very suspicious of me and my daughter
prema meni i mojoj kćerki,
on this research trip,
na ovo istraživačko putovanje,
to live to be 100 or beyond,
da se živi 100 i više godina,
Ima 101 godinu,
koju sam ikad upoznala.
to live a long life.
da biste bili dugovečni.
zašto je toliko dugo živ,
under hooded eyelids and he growled,
spuštenih obrva i zamumlao:
and looked after him
this obvious loss of her freedom,
o ovom očiglednom gubitku njene slobode:
to interview these centenarians,
da intervjuišem ove stogodišnjake,
to bring fresh fruits and vegetables.
da donese sveže voće i povrće.
by extended family, by friends,
širom porodicom, prijateljima,
the barkeeper, the grocer.
kafedžijom, piljarom.
to live solitary lives.
of the developed world,
loving, caring family in another city."
brižnu porodicu u drugom gradu."
ali upoznala sam i žene,
how to make the local specialty,
kako da spremam lokalni specijalitet,
with high-fat ricotta and mint
how to make just the right crimp
odgovarajući nabor,
with her daughters every Sunday
sa njenim kćerkama
by the dozens to neighbors and friends.
komšijama i prijateljima.
a low-fat, gluten-free diet
da niskomasna, bezglutenska ishrana
da se doživi 100 godina u plavoj zoni.
to live to 100 in the blue zone.
along with the science that underpins them
zajedno sa naukom koja ih potkrepljuje,
some questions too,
da se i sama zapitam neka pitanja,
and how can I put that day off?
i kako mogu to da odložim?
the answer is not what we expect.
odgovor nije onaj koji očekujemo.
at Brigham Young University
na Univerzitetu Birgam Jang
aspect of their lifestyle:
njihovog načina života:
sat tight and waited for seven years
mirno sedeli i čekali sedam godina
of dying the most?
šanse od umiranja?
sažeto njene podatke,
predictor to the strongest.
predskazivača do najjačeg.
za visok krvni pritisak,
you can stop feeling guilty about this,
možete prestati da osećate krivicu,
and you're in rehab and exercising,
i na rehabilitaciji ste i vežbate,
protects you more than doing exercise?
više štiti od fizičkih vežbi?
or if you did, whether you quit,
da li ste prestali,
najvećim predskazateljima
vašeg društvenog života.
that you can call on for a loan
da zatražite zajam,
if you're not feeling well
ako se ne osećate dobro
if you're having an existential crisis,
ako imate egzistencijalnu krizu,
of how long you'll live.
toga koliko dugo ćete da živite.
social integration.
društvenom integracijom.
you interact with people
your weak and your strong bonds,
i vaše slabe i vaše čvrste veze,
you're really close to,
koji su vam zaista bliski,
who every day makes you your coffee?
koji vam svakog dana sprema kafu?
by your house every day with her dog?
koja svakog dana šeta psa pored vaše kuće?
have a book club?
imate čitalački klub?
are one of the strongest predictors
od najsnažnijih predskazatelja
than on any other activity,
internetu nego na bilo kojoj aktivnosti,
between interacting in person
između interakcije licem u lice
with your kids through text, for example?
sa decom preko poruka, na primer?
to the question is no,
a whole cascade of neurotransmitters,
čitavu bujicu neurotransmitera
they protect you now in the present
u ovom trenutku u sadašnjosti
eye contact with somebody,
which gives us a little high
koji nam pruža nešto elana
under our conscious radar,
bez našeg svesnog znanja,
online activity with the real thing.
na internetu sa stvarnom.
fresh evidence,
at the University of Maryland,
sa Univerziteta Merilend,
when we interact in person
mozgovima kad interagujemo uživo,
something that's static.
nešto što je statično.
she compared the brain function
asistenata istraživača,
to the brain activity of people
sa moždanom aktivnošću ljudi
about the same subject
kako govori o istoj temi,
nalik onim na Jutjubu.
in an MRI scanner at the same time,
istovremeno u MR skener,
on real social interaction.
tokom stvarne društevene interakcije.
is the difference in brain activity
and taking in static content.
i primanja statičnog sadržaja.
that are associated with attention,
koje su u vezi sa pažnjom,
what somebody else is thinking
o čemu neko drugi razmišlja,
with a live partner.
from Fortune 500 companies
iz Forčun 500 firmi,
read their pitches in a text, for example,
na osnovu pisanih preporuka, na primer,
convey a rich signal.
prenose obilje signala.
Business School
it tells us a simple thing.
jer nam saopštava nešto prosto.
is that women are more likely
je da su žene sklonije
their face-to-face relationships
svoje odnose licem u lice
against disease and decline.
protiv bolesti i propadanja.
our primate relations as well.
za naše rođake primate, takođe.
shows that female baboons
pokazuje da ženke babuna
via their cortisol levels,
niže nivoe stresa
more surviving offspring.
preživelih potomaka.
the lowest rates of dementia
zašto su najniže stope demencije
to survive their disease than loners are.
da prežive od usamljenih žena.
who meet regularly to play poker
a koji se redovno sastaju da igraju poker
by that social contact
tim društvenim kontaktom
a koji se redovno sastaju -
who meet regularly --
powerful they can do.
provides stunning benefits,
pruža zapanjujuće prednosti,
says they have no one to talk to.
izjavljuje da nemaju s kim da pričaju.
to know we belong,
into our cities, into our workplaces,
u naše gradove, u naše radne prostore,
surging through the bloodstream and brain
će da prokuljaju kroz naš krvotok i mozak
is a matter of life and death.
su pitanja života i smrti.
I have a question for you.
Imam pitanje za tebe.
connecting when in face-to-face,
koji se povezuju tokom suočavanja,
in digital technology
u digitalnoj tehnologiji,
and he's yelling at his friends.
are just emerging.
se tek pojavljuju.
that the digital revolution happened
jer se digitalna revolucija desila,
there are some improvements
da postignemo kod tehnologije.
is at the top of the screen,
je na vrhu ekrana,
looking into the screen,
as even just looking into the camera
the position of the camera.
we are getting closer with the technology.
da smo sve bliži što se tiče tehnologije.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Susan Pinker - Developmental psychologistSusan Pinker reveals how in-person social interactions are not only necessary for human happiness but also could be a key to health and longevity.
Why you should listen
In her award-winning book The Sexual Paradox, psychologist Susan Pinker argued that biological differences could play an unexpectedly large role in creating classroom, lifespan and workplace gender gaps. With The Village Effect, she tracks another current: how social, face-to-face interactions are critical not only for our happiness but also for our survival, and how technology can isolate us from these life-saving bonds. As she writes: "Neglecting to keep in close contact with people who are important to you is at least as dangerous to your health as a pack-a-day cigarette habit, hypertension or obesity."
In addition to her books, Pinker writes a column for the Wall Street Journal, "Mind and Matter," which illuminates surprising advances in human behavior research. Pinker’s numerous writings (including her weekly columns "Problem Solving" and "The Business Brain") have appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times and Financial Times, among many others.
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