Roy Bahat and Bryn Freedman: What is the meaning of work?
روي باهات و برايان فريدمان: كيف نجد الكرامة في العمل؟
Roy Bahat invests in the future of work, with a focus on automation, data, robotics, media, productivity tools and more. Full bioBryn Freedman - Editorial director and curator, TED Institute
Bryn Freedman helps those who want to give the "talk of their lives" in a clear, passionate and authentic way. Full bio
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funds these AI programs and invests.
البرامج والاستثمارات في الذكاء الاصطناعي.
to not have a bias
for the rest of us
and you read the newspaper
they may take all our jobs,"
وربما يأخذون جميع وظائفنا."
focused on the future of work,
يركز على مستقبل العمل،
should be a focus for us.
محور اهتمامنا.
and read that and said,
وقرأت ذلك وقلت:
That's me who's doing that."
أنا من سيفعل ذلك."
in which we invest struggle
التي استثمرنا فيها، وحدها من تعاني
that they make and buy them,
ومن ثم يشترونها،
might struggle, too.
ومجتمعنا أيضاً.
who sits here and tells you,
الذي يجلس هنا ويخبرك:
It's all going to work out great.
وسيجري على نحو رائع.
tellers in banks."
ازداد عدد الصرافين في البنوك."
"This is going to accelerate.
"هذا سوف يتسارع.
there's a chance the center doesn't hold."
فهناك احتمالية ألا يصمد المركز."
the answer to this;
and I went to the conferences,
100 efforts to study the future of work.
أكثر من 100 محاولة لدراسة مستقبل العمل.
over and over again:
ومرة تلو الأخرى:
always said that and it turns out OK."
ويكون الأمر على ما يرام."
بمعنى عملك على أية حال."
of your job, anyway."
and go off and have a drink.
Kabuki theater of this discussion,
وعملت معهم في عالم التكنولوجيا
and worked with in the technology world
were not speaking to them.
غير حكومية وغير حزبية يسمى أمريكا الجديدة
think tank NGO called New America
at a technology company
في شركة تكنولوجيا،
it was occasionally awkward --
كان ذلك محرجاً في بعض الأحيان،
what is it that will happen here.
on work going to be?
that there could be real change,
يمكن أن يحدث فيه تغيير حقيقي،
about teleportation or anything like that.
عن انتقال المادة أو شيء من هذا القبيل.
we're reminded of this in the world --
في هذا العالم...
going to happen is hard.
there are other things you can do.
بمقدورك القيام بها.
alternate possible futures,
where no job is safe.
distinct possibility we could.
and you think what should we do,
ونفكر فيما علينا فعله،
actually turn out to be the same,
10 to 20 years into the future is,
we want to act on
التي أردنا التصرف حيالها،
the future is right now.
and what does that tell us?
وبماذا يخبرنا؟
that we should be doing,
فماذا يجب أن نفعل؟
the problem first.
becomes more productive
يصبح الاقتصاد أكثر إنتاجية،
become more productive,
of prime working-age men,
as many men not working.
من الرجال لا يعملون.
of Walmart workers and said,
this futuristic self-checkout thing?"
هذا الشيء المستقبلي المؤتمت؟"
عن آلات إعادة تدوير النقود؟
you heard about the cash recycler?
installed right now,
في كل متجر وول مارت الآن."
at every Walmart right now."
نحن لا نفهم المشكلة."
understand the problem."
that were the ones that were excluded,
affected by this change.
الذين تأثروا بهذا التغيير.
couple of years doing that.
و(يونغزتاون) في أوهايو،
and Youngstown, Ohio,
trying to make it work
from New York or San Francisco
عن نيويورك أو سان فرانسسكو
their jobs after they leave.
عن وظائفهم بعد مغادرة السجن.
to ask them about the self-driving truck,
لأسألهم عن الشاحنات ذاتية القيادة،
to their full-time job,
إلى عملهم بدوام كامل،
that came out loud and clear.
are less looking for more money
of the robot taking their job,
من أن يأخذ الرجال الآليون أعمالهم،
what they want out of work,
وسألتهم ماذا يريدون من العمل،
less than 150,000 dollars a year,
عن 150000 دولار في السنة،
and secure income, on average,
وذا دخل آمن، في المتوسط،
across the earth who don't earn a living,
قوت يومهم حول العالم،
amount from month to month
نسباً متفاوتة من شهر لآخر،
a real problem on our hands."
لدينا مشكلة حقيقية بين أيدينا."
which took us a longer time to understand,
والذي استغرق منا وقتاً أطول لفهمه،
of self-worth through work
النابعة من العمل
in our conversations.
appreciate this answer.
with self-esteem.
between dignity and stability?
تحتاجين إلى الاستقرار أولاً.
You need stability first.
that are happening right now
of studying guaranteed income,
health care gets provided
where we must figure that out.
after talking to people
from the beginning is understand
that gives people dignity,
that they want to live.
especially, to be honest, rich people --
وخاصة - لكي أكون صادقاً - الأغنياء منهم،
and you ask them,
that your work be important to you?"
150,000 dollars a year or more
أو أكثر في العام
that their work be important.
أن يكون العمل ذا أهمية.
"Is your work important to you?"
on the open road and it was amazing.
على الطريق السريع ، وكان الأمر رائعاً.
than people who went to college."
of their thought and say something like,
and vegetables in the morning,
بجانب عمله.
to his job, was caring for his aunt.
Can't you just pay somebody to do it?"
ألا يمكنك أن تؤجر أحداً للقيام بذلك؟
somebody we pay for.
بأجر للاعتناء بها،
of being needed.
"dignity," it's fascinating.
in the English language, from antiquity.
من قديم الأزل
is suitable, it's fitting,
of something greater than yourself,
الإجابة عن هذا السؤال،
who really care for people
people are finally asking the question.
بدأ الناس يطرحون هذا السؤال.
we often get phone calls
تأتينا اتصالات
and boardrooms saying,
introducing automation?"
"What do we do about self-worth?"
"ماذا سنفعل حيال احترام الذات؟"
who work for them
to their ability to just do their job.
لقدرتهم على القيام بعملهم.
of just making your life work.
our culture more broadly,
is to see the magazine cover
who is the heroic caregiver.
that dramatizes the person
so we can do the things we do.
التي تمكننا من عيش حياتنا.
that I would binge.
of this before --
experience in the United States.
في الولايات المتحدة.
of needing one another
for how we all fit as a society.
عن كيف نتأقلم كلنا كمجتمع.
and have people --
a tailor, worked in a mine --
for a living and say, "That's not work."
ويقولون: "هذا ليس بعمل."
and there's no danger of getting hurt.
ولا يوجد خوف من الأذى.
to imagine 100 years from now,
بعد 100 عام من الآن،
for each other.
just be about having a job.
you need a job to have dignity,
لحاجتك للكرامة،
you say to all the parents
and all the caregivers
for what they're doing,
essential human quality.
لهذه القيمة الإنسانية الأساسية.
puzzle of our time:
that stability throughout life,
كيفية توفير الاستقرار في الحياة،
how to create an inclusive,
but multigenerationally inclusive --
ولكن بين الأجيال المختلفة بشكل شامل،
human experience included --
how we can be needed by one another.
روي: شكراً.
RB: Thank you.
for your participation.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Roy Bahat - Venture capitalistRoy Bahat invests in the future of work, with a focus on automation, data, robotics, media, productivity tools and more.
Why you should listen
Roy Bahat invests in the future of work as a venture capitalist, with a focus on machine intelligence. Prior to his life as a VC, Bahat founded start-ups, served as a corporate executive at News Corp. and worked in government in the office of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
As the head of Bloomberg Beta, an investment firm with 150 million dollars under management, Bahat and his team have invested in areas like automation, data, robotics, media, productivity tools and many others.
Fast Company named Bahat one of the Most Creative People in Business and noted "Bahat is a natural innovator ... one of the most candid people you'll ever meet (check out his LinkedIn profile)." He organized "Comeback Cities," where he leads groups of venture capitalists and members of Congress on bus tours to find the untapped beds of talent and entrepreneurship in America. He also co-chaired the Shift Commission on Work, Workers, and Technology, a partnership between Bloomberg and think-tank New America to look at automation and the future of work 10 to 20 years from now.
Bahat is on the faculty at U.C. Berkeley, where he teaches about media at the Haas School of Business. He serves on the board of the Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom, and is on the steering committee of the Economic Security Project. A graduate of Harvard College, where he ran the student public service nonprofit, Bahat was also a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two kids.
Roy Bahat | Speaker | TED.com
Bryn Freedman - Editorial director and curator, TED Institute
Bryn Freedman helps those who want to give the "talk of their lives" in a clear, passionate and authentic way.
Why you should listen
Award-winning TV producer, investigative journalist and author, Bryn Freedman joined TED in 2014 as the editorial director and curator for the TED Institute. In her work with TED, Freedman creates and executes TED conference events for Fortune 500 companies, overseeing all editorial content as well as managing speaker coaches and determining both the topics for each talk and the overall conference theme. In addition to curating these events, she works as an executive speaker coach for professionals who want to give the "talk of their lives" in a clear, passionate and authentic way.
Freedman is also co-founder of Voices4Freedom, an international organization aimed at eradicating slavery through education and media.
Bryn Freedman | Speaker | TED.com