Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken
Бари Шварц: Начинът по който мислим за работа е увреден
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:
и на който искам отговор е този:
out of bed every morning
TED-like adventure to another?
като ТЕД на друга?
that very question.
we have to make a living,
да се прехранваме
that that's the answer to the question,
че това е отговорът на въпроса.
the work we do is challenging,
работата, която вършим е предизвикателна,
it's meaningful.
имаща смисъл.
it might even be important.
може дори да е важна.
if we didn't get paid,
ако не ни се плащаше,
което правим.
are a pretty bad reason
that he's "in it for the money,"
"го прави за пари",
raises what is for me
majority of people on the planet,
от хората на планетата,
has none of the characteristics
няма нито една от характеристиките,
and off to the office every morning?
и да отиваме на работа сутринта?
the majority of people on the planet
от хора на планетата
meaningless and soul-deadening?
безсмислено и убиващо душата?
of goods and services,
на стоки и услуги, в който всички
that might come from work were eliminated?
да произлязат от работата, са елиминирани?
in call centers,
или в кол центрове,
to do what they do except for pay.
screws people, blah blah --
прецакват хората, бла, бла --
the kind of technology
and that people come to TED to hear about.
the technology of things,
science creates ideas.
are ways of understanding ourselves.
са начини да разбираме себе си.
on how we think, what we aspire to,
това как мислим, към какво се стремим
is God's will, you pray.
е Божията воля, вие се молите.
of your own inadequacy,
на собствената ви неадекватност,
the result of oppression and domination,
от потисничество и власт,
is resignation or revolution,
с предаване или революция,
the sources of your poverty.
in shaping us as human beings,
в оформянето ни като човешки същества
the most profoundly important technology
могат да бъдат най-важните технологии,
about idea technology,
що се отнася до идейните технологии,
from the technology of things.
технологиите за неща.
will not go away
that they're true,
and institutions
with these very false ideas.
created a factory system
е създала фабричната система,
could possibly get out of your day's work,
one of the fathers
т.е. един от бащите
Adam Smith --
Адам Смит --
were by their very natures lazy,
са мързеливи
unless you made it worth their while,
ако не си е струвало усилията им,
by giving them rewards.
anyone ever did anything.
някой някога да направи нещо.
with that false view of human nature.
съгласно тази грешна представа за хората.
of production was in place,
е била въведена,
for people to operate,
по който хората да работят,
with Adam Smith's vision.
с виждането на Адам Смит.
can create a circumstance
създават обстоятелства,
good help anymore."
да получиш добра помощ."
that is demeaning and soulless.
която е унизителна и бездушна.
this incredible invention
прекрасното изобретение
in assembly lines,
на поточни линии,
in assembly lines, he says:
той казва:
possible for a human being to become."
колкото е възможно за един човек."
possible for a human being to become."
колкото е възможно за един човек."
what Adam Smith was telling us there,
което Адам Смит ни казва с това,
within which people work
в която хората работят
to the demands of that institution
на нуждите на тази институция
from their work that we take for granted.
си, които ние приемаме за даденост.
natural science --
за естествените науки --
theories about the cosmos,
фантастични теории за космоса
indifferent to our theories.
към нашите теории.
we have about the cosmos.
the theories we have of human nature,
които имаме за човешката природа,
by the theories we have
от теориите, които имаме
and help us understand human beings.
помогнат да разберем хората.
Clifford Geertz, said, years ago,
каза преди години,
are the "unfinished animals."
"незавършени животни".
was that it is only human nature
само от човешката природа
of the society in which people live.
в което хората живеят.
that is to say our human nature,
която определя, че нашата природа
than it is discovered.
отколкото открита.
within which people live and work.
хората живеят и работят.
to being with masters of the universe --
до господарите на вселената --
yourself a question,
to run your organizations.
управлявате организациите си.
do you want to help design?
да помогнете да се създадат?
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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