Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken
Barry Schwartz: İşle ilgili düşünce şeklimiz hatalı
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:
out of bed every morning
diğerine atlamakla
TED-like adventure to another?
dışarı sürüklüyoruz?
that very question.
soruyor olabilirsiniz.
we have to make a living,
that that's the answer to the question,
cevabın bu olmadığını bu odadaki
the work we do is challenging,
yaptığımız iş zorlayıcı,
it's meaningful.
it might even be important.
if we didn't get paid,
sebebimiz bu değil.
are a pretty bad reason
maddi ödüllerin oldukça
that he's "in it for the money,"
için yapıyor" dersek,
raises what is for me
majority of people on the planet,
çok büyük bir çoğunluğunun
has none of the characteristics
yataktan kaldırarak
and off to the office every morning?
hiçbirine sahip değil?
the majority of people on the planet
insanların çoğunun
meaningless and soul-deadening?
yapmalarına izin veriyoruz?
of goods and services,
tatminlerin hepsini yok eden
that might come from work were eliminated?
bir model yarattık?
in call centers,
merkezlerinde olsun,
to do what they do except for pay.
kesinlikle akla gelen başka bir neden yok.
screws people, blah blah --
insanları mahveder, falan filan --
the kind of technology
insanların öğrenmek için
and that people come to TED to hear about.
teknolojiden bahsetmiyorum.
the technology of things,
science creates ideas.
fikirler de yaratır.
are ways of understanding ourselves.
kendimizi anlama yollarıdır.
on how we think, what we aspire to,
ve nasıl davrandığımızla ilgili
is God's will, you pray.
olduğunu düşünürseniz, dua edersiniz.
of your own inadequacy,
sonucu olduğunu düşünürseniz,
the result of oppression and domination,
ve baskının sonucu olduğunu düşünürseniz,
is resignation or revolution,
veya devrim olması,
the sources of your poverty.
olarak algıladığınıza bağlı.
in shaping us as human beings,
oynadığı rol budur
the most profoundly important technology
en önemli teknoloji
about idea technology,
teknolojisinden farklı yapan
from the technology of things.
eğer teknoloji kötüyse,
will not go away
eğer insanlar
that they're true,
olduklarına inanıyorlarsa,
and institutions
yaşama biçimleri
with these very false ideas.
created a factory system
fabrika sistemi yarattı,
could possibly get out of your day's work,
muhtemelen işinizden
bir şeyin olmadığı bir yer.
one of the fathers
Adam Smith --
were by their very natures lazy,
ve uğraşmaya değer
unless you made it worth their while,
şey yapmayacaklarına inanmıştı.
by giving them rewards.
anyone ever did anything.
yapmalarının tek nedeni buydu.
with that false view of human nature.
düşünceyle tutarlı bir fabrika sistemi yarattık.
of production was in place,
kere uygulamaya konunca,
for people to operate,
tutarlı bir yol dışında,
with Adam Smith's vision.
çalışmasının bir yolu yoktu.
sadece yanlış fikirlerin
can create a circumstance
koşullar yaratabildiğini
good help anymore."
that is demeaning and soulless.
this incredible invention
in assembly lines,
in assembly lines, he says:
adamlar için şöyle dedi:
possible for a human being to become."
olabileceği en aptal hâle gelir."
possible for a human being to become."
olabileceği en aptal hâle gelir."
what Adam Smith was telling us there,
bize bu konuda söylediği şey,
within which people work
to the demands of that institution
insanlar yarattığı
türde bir tatmini
from their work that we take for granted.
yoksun bıraktığı.
natural science --
doğa bilimleri --
theories about the cosmos,
teoriler üretebiliriz
indifferent to our theories.
we have about the cosmos.
kahrolası şekilde işleyecek.
the theories we have of human nature,
hakkında kaygılanmamız lazım,
by the theories we have
açıklamamıza ve anlamamıza
and help us understand human beings.
kuramlar ile değişecektir.
Clifford Geertz, said, years ago,
Clifford Geertz yıllar önce,
are the "unfinished animals."
olduğunu söyledi.
was that it is only human nature
sadece insan doğasının
of the society in which people live.
that is to say our human nature,
than it is discovered.
within which people live and work.
kurumları tasarlamakla olur.
to being with masters of the universe --
bu kadar yakın olabildim --
yourself a question,
yönetmek için geri döndüğünüzde
to run your organizations.
do you want to help design?
tasarlamaya katkıda bulunmak istiyorsunuz?
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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