Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken
Баррі Шварц: Хибне уявлення про роботу
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:
і на яке збираюся відповісти:
out of bed every morning
ми висмикуємо себе з ліжка
TED-like adventure to another?
подібними на TED?
that very question.
we have to make a living,
that that's the answer to the question,
що це і є відповідь на запитання:
the work we do is challenging,
що кидає нам виклик;
it's meaningful.
it might even be important.
if we didn't get paid,
якщо б нам не платили,
що ми робимо.
are a pretty bad reason
це погана причина
that he's "in it for the money,"
що він це робить заради грошей,
raises what is for me
majority of people on the planet,
населення нашої планети
has none of the characteristics
and off to the office every morning?
кожного ранку?
the majority of people on the planet
що більшість людей на планеті змушені
meaningless and soul-deadening?
яка вбиває душу?
капіталізм створив
of goods and services,
that might come from work were eliminated?
що можна отримувати від роботи?
in call centers,
to do what they do except for pay.
робити таку роботу є зарплата.
screws people, blah blah --
автоматика виштовхують людину, бла-бла.
the kind of technology
що пронизують наше життя,
and that people come to TED to hear about.
the technology of things,
виробництва речей,
science creates ideas.
наука створює ідеї.
are ways of understanding ourselves.
on how we think, what we aspire to,
на наші думки, сподівання,
is God's will, you pray.
бо така Божа воля, ти молитимешся.
of your own inadequacy,
у своїй неспроможності,
the result of oppression and domination,
у гнобленні та пануванні,
is resignation or revolution,
покірливість чи повстання,
the sources of your poverty.
своєї бідності.
in shaping us as human beings,
у формуванні наших особистостей;
the most profoundly important technology
найважливішою з усіх,
about idea technology,
from the technology of things.
will not go away
that they're true,
and institutions
та суспільні інститути
with these very false ideas.
created a factory system
створила фабричну систему,
could possibly get out of your day's work,
від свого робочого дня нічого,
one of the fathers
Adam Smith --
were by their very natures lazy,
природою притаманна лінь;
unless you made it worth their while,
якщо її не заохотити;
by giving them rewards.
anyone ever did anything.
чому люди щось робили.
with that false view of human nature.
відповідно до цього фальшивого уявлення.
of production was in place,
for people to operate,
в який люди могли працювати -
with Adam Smith's vision.
can create a circumstance
good help anymore."
that is demeaning and soulless.
бездушна, принижує людську гідність.
this incredible invention
цей чудовий винахід -
in assembly lines,
in assembly lines, he says:
possible for a human being to become."
як тільки можливо для людини".
possible for a human being to become."
як тільки можливо для людини".
what Adam Smith was telling us there,
але Адам Сміт каже нам,
within which people work
to the demands of that institution
пристосованих до потреб системи,
from their work that we take for granted.
яке ми вважаємо цілком природним.
natural science --
ми можемо бути впевнені,
theories about the cosmos,
indifferent to our theories.
we have about the cosmos.
незалежно від наших теорій.
the theories we have of human nature,
ми повинні бути більш відповідальними,
by the theories we have
щоб допомогти нам краще розуміти людей,
and help us understand human beings.
Clifford Geertz, said, years ago,
одного разу сказав,
are the "unfinished animals."
є "незакінченими тваринами".
was that it is only human nature
для людини
of the society in which people live.
що людину оточує.
that is to say our human nature,
скільки створюємо
than it is discovered.
within which people live and work.
ми конструюємо людську природу.
to being with masters of the universe --
як до володарів Всесвіту.
yourself a question,
to run your organizations.
керувати вашими організаціями,
do you want to help design?
ви хочете допомогти сконструювати?
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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