Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt
Casey Gerald: Şüphenin hakikati
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
son gecesinde
tıkılmış.
draped in worn-down red fabric,
gıcırdayan sıraları olan,
and a choir at my back
built into the wall behind them.
içine yapılmış vaftiz havuzu olan.
in the back not paying attention.
aynı insanlarla.
that Jesus would return
zamanıma denk gelmesinin
for all that I had done,
bıraktığım anda
my house in order very quickly.
gerektiğine karar verdim.
as one might listen for noise,
öyle dinledim sessizliği
hadn't pulled a fast one on me
erken davranmayacağından
that were all the rage at the time.
"geçmişte kaldı" kitaplarını okuyarak.
in the rapture at midnight,
götürmezlerse,
taking the mark of the beast,
canavarın dikkatini çekmemek
and the Antichrist himself.
deccal ile savaşmaktı.
out of the pews and down to the altar
mihraba götürdü.
when midnight struck.
dua ediyor olmak istemişti.
as I like to call them --
vaftiz burjuvazisi --
has a VIP section.
VIP yeri var.
arkasında
had been bent under hot suns
tarlalarında
a creaseless noble brown,
kırışıksız,
for what life might become
nasıl olabileceğine
were the stars of the show for me.
gösterinin yıldızlarıydı.
for this moment,
had longed for the end of the world,
sonunu beklemeleri gibi,
waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah Winfret Show'un
every day at 4 o'clock.
to her hand during this prayer,
tutunursam, ben de onunla beraber
to the call of the prayer
to add the dirge.
left in the field.
being separated from the chaff.
tanık olmayacaktım.
any signs of disappointment,
fazla gururlulardı,
inanmışlardı ki
as best I could.
çalışmıştım.
to turn on the television
tam zamanında gittim
announce the new millennium
milenyumu
been strange anyway,
zaman dilimlerine göre
even more ridiculous --
I did not stop believing.
inanmamak mümkündü,
I had were wrong,
a mountain of certitude,
dağının olduğu yerde,
to its foundation,
prepared for Y2K in a very different way,
şekillerde hazırlık yapmasına rağmen,
the same thing that I have done
aynısını yaptı,
duruşundan ve efendinin
and my father stayed away
from Oak Cliff, Texas
yolcuğumdaki inançla,
all the challenges I had known,
bırakmak için bir şanstı,
and broken bodies I had seen.
tüm kırılmış bedenleri.
one winter break,
couldn't save me.
kurtaramayacağını anlamıştım.
at Lehman Brothers
başladığımda da
couldn't save me.
gördüm.
in Washington DC as a young staffer,
genç bir çalışan olarak devam ettim,
call out from Illinois,
has come to America."
began to feel like a cruel joke,
bir şaka gibi gelirken,
the political second coming
of the American Dream,
sadakatle diz çökmüştüm ve
ölü olduğunu gördüm.
that I would either believe
bir seçim yapmam
to yet another mecca,
simply accept the salvation
biliyordum.
of a crowded party,
köşesinde başladı,
miserable Cambridge winter,
gecenin geç saatinde,
for something real have asked
uzun zamandır sorduğu
or how we'd get there,
hiç bilmiyorduk.
biliyorduk.
as Jack Kerouac wrote,
bütün hayatımız boyunca
and disappear somewhere,"
ve ülkenin başka yerlerinde
other voices who said
and the proof too thin,
in the summer of 2013,
doğru 13.000 km gittik,
through the desolation of Detroit,
Detroit'in harabeliğini geçtik,
with men and women
küçük işler kuran
at the West Point of capitalism,
biri olarak
called MBAs Across America,
bir kar amacı gütmeyen iştirak doğurdu,
on this stage today.
sağlayan bir eylem.
a great hunger in our generation
büyük açlığı keşfettik,
countless entrepreneurs
to which I would not go
of a broken country,
in New York City,
of Harvard Business School.
galasındayken.
devleriyle oturdum.
and their good deeds.
and assets under management
sitting in an urban farm
boş bir arsa olan
tell me of the kids
oraya gelen çocuklardan
altında yaşıyordu.
all of their belongings in a backpack
çoğu,
in a homeless shelter.
gezdiriyordu.
with money from his pension,
20 yıl taksicilik sonunda aldığı
başlattığını söyledi.
himself a salary,
the program struggled for resources.
kaynak sıkıntısı çektiğini söyledi.
I felt the sting and salt of tears
gözyaşlarımın iğnesi ve tuzu
had half a trillion dollars,
that made me want to cry,
değildi,
homeless kids,
because I had finally realized
sonunda
a kidney transplant.
stood in for all those
themselves up by their bootstraps,
vardı hikayem hep,
that never went to Harlem
yapısal ve sistemli yardımı
for all those voices
too unwashed, too unaccommodated.
in front of the television,
announce the new millennium
anonsunu dinlemek gibiydi,
from that altar
sandığım o gecede bulunduğum
the world would end,
mutlak bir
as a necessary act of God
ve bir yazının kesin doğru
as any time that came before.
inançlıyız.
in the prophecy of Brené Brown
inanabilir,
of The New Yorker
Review
at the church of TED,
inanabiliriz.
of charismatic leaders
vaat eden
of the capitalism that is our god,
mutlak bir takdiri olarak görürüz,
the human price we pay
ödediğimiz insani bedeli
our whole foundation.
korkarız.
that we have come to accept,
olmaya başladıysan,
of disruption or innovation
to share with you today, in fact.
yok açıkçası.
that you stop believing,
istemez,
we have are wrong,
olması mümkündür,
themselves are wrong.
that it is possible that we,
that we hold in our hands,
güce rağmen,
that we are putting my organization,
MBA'leri
and closed our doors
kapılarımızı kapattık
their power to do this work
herkesle
and our odds are too long
kesin olan ikinci gelişleri
there will be no miracles here.
seem to lead to our demise,
giden yollar gibi göründüğünde
no comfort to our wounds,
hafifletmediğinde
ışık saçacak olan
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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