Nancy Etcoff: Happiness and its surprises

Prevodilac: Tijana Maksimovic Lektor: Mile Živković

This is called Hooked on a Feeling:

Današnji naslov je: "Navučeni na osećanje:

The Pursuit of Happiness and Human Design.

Potraga za srećom i ljudski dizajn".

I put up a somewhat dour Darwin,

Ovde imamo pomalo namrgođenog Darvina,

but a very happy chimp up there.

i jednu vrlo srećnu šimpanzu.

My first point is that the pursuit of happiness is obligatory.

Kao prvo, potraga za srećom je neizbežna.

Man wishes to be happy, only wishes to be happy,

Čovek želi samo da bude srećan,

and cannot wish not to be so.

i ne može ne želeti da bude srećan.

We are wired to pursue happiness,

Programirani smo da tragamo za srećom,

not only to enjoy it, but to want more and more of it.

u njoj uživamo, ali i želimo je sve više.

So given that that's true,

I budući da je tako,

how good are we at increasing our happiness?

koliko smo dobri u uvećavanju svoje sreće?

Well, we certainly try.

Pa, svakako se trudimo.

If you look on the Amazon site, there are over 2,000 titles

Na Amazonu ima preko 2.000 naslova

with advice on the seven habits, the nine choices,

sa savetima o sedam navika, devet izbora,

the 10 secrets,

deset tajni,

the 14,000 thoughts that are supposed to bring happiness.

14.000 misli koje će vam doneti sreću.

Now another way we try to increase our happiness

Drugi način na koji pokušavamo

is we medicate ourselves.

da uvećamo svoju sreću jesu lekovi.

And so there's over 120 million prescriptions out there for antidepressants.

Te imamo preko 120 miliona recepata za antidepresive.

Prozac was really the first absolute blockbuster drug.

Prozak je bio prvi blokbaster među lekovima.

It was clean, efficient, there was no high,

Čist, efikasan, ne opija,

there was really no danger, it had no street value.

nema stvarne opasnosti, nema uličnu vrednost.

In 1995,

1995. godine, ilegalni lekovi

illegal drugs were a $400 billion business,

bili su industrija od 400 milijardi dolara,

representing eight percent of world trade,

i osam posto svetske trgovine,

roughly the same as gas and oil.

otprilike jednako kao gas i nafta.

These routes to happiness haven't really increased happiness very much.

Ovim se sreća baš i nije previše uvećala.

One problem that's happening now is,

Problem koji sada nastaje,

although the rates of happiness

iako su stope nivoa sreće

are about as flat as the surface of the moon,

ravne poput površine Meseca,

depression and anxiety are rising.

jeste porast depresije i anksioznosti.

Some people say this is because we have better diagnosis,

Neki kažu da je to zbog boljih dijagnoza,

and more people are being found out.

i otkrivanja više ljudi.

It isn't just that. We're seeing it all over the world.

Nije samo to. Ovo se dešava u celom svetu.

In the United States right now

U Sjedinjenim Državama trenutno

there are more suicides than homicides.

ima više samoubistava od ubistava.

There is a rash of suicide in China.

U ogromnom porastu su samoubistva u Kini.

And the World Health Organization predicts

Svetska zdravstvena organizacija predviđa

by the year 2020

da će do 2020. godine

that depression will be

depresija biti

the second largest cause of disability.

drugi najveći uzrok invaliditeta.

Now the good news here

Dobre vesti su da

is that if you take surveys from around the world,

ako uzmete istraživanja iz celog sveta,

we see that about three quarters of people

vidimo da će oko tri četvrtine ljudi

will say they are at least pretty happy.

reći da su barem prilično srećni.

But this does not follow any of the usual trends.

Ali glavni trendovi nam ne govore isto.

For example, these two show great growth in income,

Na primer, ova dva pokazuju velik porast prihoda,

absolutely flat happiness curves.

i potpuno ravne krive sreće.

My field, the field of psychology,

Moja oblast, psihologija,

hasn't done a whole lot

nije mnogo toga učinila da nam pomogne

to help us move forward in understanding human happiness.

da unapredimo razumevanje ljudske sreće.

In part, we have the legacy of Freud, who was a pessimist,

Imamo nasleđe Frojda, pesimiste,

who said that pursuit of happiness is a doomed quest,

koji je rekao da je potraga za srećom osuđena na propast,

is propelled by infantile aspects of the individual

potaknuta infantilnim aspektima pojedinca,

that can never be met in reality.

i ne može se nikad dostići u stvarnosti.

He said, "One feels inclined to say

Rekao je: "Sklon sam da kažem

that the intention that man should be happy

da namera da čovek bude srećan

is not included in the plan of creation."

nije uključena u plan postanja."

So the ultimate goal of psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Stoga je krajnji cilj psihoanalitičke psihoterapije

was really what Freud called ordinary misery.

zapravo bilo ono što Frojd naziva obični jad.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And Freud in part reflects

Frojd delimično odražava

the anatomy of the human emotion system --

anatomiju ljudskog sistema emocija -

which is that we have both a positive and a negative system,

mi imamo i pozitivan i negativan sistem,

and our negative system

a naš negativni sistem

is extremely sensitive.

izuzetno je osetljiv.

So for example, we're born loving the taste of something sweet

Na primer, rađamo se sa sklonošću ka slatkom

and reacting aversively to the taste of something bitter.

i odbojnom reakcijom na gorko.

We also find that people are more averse to losing

Otkriveno je i da ljudi osećaju veću odbojnost ka gubitku

than they are happy to gain.

nego sreću zbog dobitka.

The formula for a happy marriage

Formula za srećan brak

is five positive remarks, or interactions,

je pet pozitivnih izjava, ili interakcija,

for every one negative.

za jednu negativnu.

And that's how powerful the one negative is.

I upravo je tolika moć jedne negativne.

Especially expressions of contempt or disgust,

Za izraze prezira ili gađenja naročito je

well you really need a lot of positives to upset that.

potrebno mnogo pozitivnih da ih nadomestite.

I also put in here the stress response.

Ovde takođe uključujem i reakciju na stres.

We're wired for dangers that are immediate,

Programirani smo za opasnosti koje su neposredne,

that are physical, that are imminent,

fizičke, neizbežne,

and so our body goes into an incredible reaction

i naše telo ulazi u neverovatnu reakciju

where endogenous opioids come in.

u koju su uključeni endogeni opioidi.

We have a system that is really ancient,

Imamo sistem koji je zaista drevan,

and really there for physical danger.

i zaista stvoren za fizičku opasnost.

And so over time, this becomes a stress response,

Vremenom ovo postaje reakcija na stres,

which has enormous effects on the body.

što ima izrazite efekte na telo.

Cortisol floods the brain;

Kortizol preplavljuje mozak;

it destroys hippocampal cells and memory,

uništava hipokampalne ćelije i pamćenje,

and can lead to all kinds of health problems.

i može izazvati razne zdravstvene probleme.

But unfortunately, we need this system in part.

Nažalost, ovaj sistem nam je delimično potreban.

If we were only governed by pleasure

Kada bismo se upravljali samo zadovoljstvom,

we would not survive.

ne bismo preživeli.

We really have two command posts.

Mi imamo dva komandna položaja.

Emotions are short-lived intense responses

Emocije su kratki intenzivni odgovori

to challenge and to opportunity.

na izazove i prilike.

And each one of them allows us to click into alternate selves

Omogućavaju nam da se prebacimo u naše naizmenične prirode

that tune in, turn on, drop out

koje kanališu, uključuju, odbacuju

thoughts, perceptions, feelings and memories.

misli, opažaje, osećanja i uspomene.

We tend to think of emotions as just feelings.

Obično mislimo da su emocije samo osećanja.

But in fact, emotions are an all-systems alert

Zapravo, one su uzbuna u svim sistemima,

that change what we remember,

koja utiče na ono što pamtimo,

what kind of decisions we make,

na odluke koje donosimo,

and how we perceive things.

i način na koji opažamo.

So let me go forward to the new science of happiness.

Prešla bih sada na novu nauku o sreći.

We've come away from the Freudian gloom,

Udaljili smo se od frojdovske sumornosti,

and people are now actively studying this.

i ovo se sada aktivno proučava.

And one of the key points in the science of happiness

A jedna od ključnih poenti nauke o sreći

is that happiness and unhappiness

jeste da sreća i nesreća

are not endpoints of a single continuum.

nisu krajnje tačke jednog kontinuuma.

The Freudian model is really one continuum

Frojdovski model je zapravo jedan kontinuum u kom

that, as you get less miserable,

što ste manje očajni,

you get happier.

And that isn't true -- when you get less miserable,

to ste srećniji.

A nije tako. Kada se očaj smanji,

you get less miserable.

prosto ste manje očajni.

And that happiness is a whole other end of the equation.

Sreća je na skroz drugom kraju ove jednačine.

And it's been missing. It's been missing from psychotherapy.

I on nedostaje u psihoterapiji.

So when people's symptoms go away, they tend to recur,

Stoga se simptomi često vraćaju,

because there isn't a sense of the other half --

jer ne postoji svest o drugoj polovini -

of what pleasure, happiness, compassion, gratitude,

o zadovoljstvu, sreći, saosećanju, zahvalnosti,

what are the positive emotions.

o tome šta su pozitivne emocije.

And of course we know this intuitively,

Naravno, mi intuitivno znamo

that happiness is not just the absence of misery.

da sreća nije samo odsustvo očaja.

But somehow it was not put forward until very recently,

Ali to nije isticano sve do nedavno,

seeing these as two parallel systems.

oni nisu posmatrani kao dva paralelna sistema.

So that the body can both look for opportunity

Tako da telo može istovremeno i da traži priliku

and also protect itself from danger, at the same time.

i da se štiti od opasnosti.

And they're sort of two reciprocal

I oni su na neki način dva recipročna

and dynamically interacting systems.

sistema u dinamičkoj interakciji.

People have also wanted to deconstruct.

Ljudi su takođe želeli da dekonstruišu.

We use this word "happy,"

Koristimo reč "srećan"

and it's this very large umbrella of a term.

a to je vrlo širok krovni pojam.

And then three emotions for which there are no English words:

Tu su i tri emocije za koje nema reči u engleskom:

fiero, which is the pride in accomplishment of a challenge;

fiero, što je ponos zbog savladavanja izazova;

schadenfreude, which is happiness in another's misfortune,

schadenfreude, što je sreća zbog tuđe nevolje,

a malicious pleasure;

zlonamerno zadovoljstvo;

and naches, which is a pride and joy in one's children.

i naches, što je ponos na sopstvenu decu.

Absent from this list, and absent from any discussions of happiness,

Na ovom spisku, i u svim razmatranjima sreće,

are happiness in another's happiness.

nedostaje sreća zbog tuđe sreće.

We don't seem to have a word for that.

Izgleda da nemamo reč za to.

We are very sensitive to the negative,

Vrlo smo osetljivi na negativno;

but it is in part offset by the fact

ali se to delimično nadomešćuje činjenicom

that we have a positivity.

da imamo i pozitivnost.

We're also born pleasure-seekers.

Mi smo rođeni da težimo zadovoljstvu.

Babies love the taste of sweet

Bebe vole ukus slatkog

and hate the taste of bitter.

i mrze ukus gorkog.

They love to touch smooth surfaces rather than rough ones.

Više vole glatke površine od hrapavih.

They like to look at beautiful faces

Vole da posmatraju lepa lica više nego ona neugledna.

rather than plain faces.

They like to listen to consonant melodies

Vole da slušaju harmonične melodije a ne one disonantne.

instead of dissonant melodies.

Babies really are born

Bebe su zaista rođene

with a lot of innate pleasures.

s mnogo urođenih zadovoljstava.

There was once a statement made by a psychologist

Izvesni psiholog je jednom izjavio

that said that 80 percent of the pursuit of happiness

da se 80 posto potrage za srećom

is really just about the genes,

svodi na gene,

and it's as difficult to become happier as it is to become taller.

i da je postati srećniji i postati viši jednako teško.

That's nonsense.

To je besmislica.

There is a decent contribution to happiness from the genes --

Doprinos gena sreći je nezanemarljiv -

about 50 percent --

oko 50 posto -

but there is still that 50 percent that is unaccounted for.

ali tu je i onih drugih 50 posto.

Let's just go into the brain for a moment,

Zavirimo u mozak na trenutak,

and see where does happiness

i pogledajmo iz čega sreća

arise from in evolution.

nastaje u evoluciji.

We have basically at least two systems here,

Suštinski, ovde imamo bar dva sistema,

and they both are very ancient.

i oba su vrlo stara.

One is the reward system,

Prvi je sistem nagrađivanja,

and that's fed by the chemical dopamine.

koji se hrani dopaminom.

And it starts in the ventral tegmental area.

I počinje u ventralnoj tegmentalnoj oblasti.

It goes to the nucleus accumbens,

Proteže se ka cingularnom režnju,

do prefrontalnog korteksa, orbitalnog frontalnog korteksa

all the way up to the prefrontal cortex, orbital frontal cortex,

where decisions are made, high level.

gde se donose odluke, na visokom nivou.

This was originally seen as a system

Ovo je prvobitno posmatrano kao sistem

that was the pleasure system of the brain.

koji je moždani sistem zadovoljstva.

In the 1950s,

Pedesetih godina 20. veka,

Olds and Milner put electrodes into the brain of a rat.

Olds i Milner su postavili elektrode u mozak pacova.

And the rat would just keep pressing that bar

I pacov bi uporno pritiskao polugu

thousands and thousands and thousands of times.

hiljade i hiljade puta.

It wouldn't eat. It wouldn't sleep. It wouldn't have sex.

Nije mario ni za jelo, ni spavanje, ni seks.

It wouldn't do anything but press this bar.

Nije hteo ništa osim da pritiska tu polugu.

So they assumed

Te su pretpostavili

this must be, you know, the brain's orgasmatron.

da to mora biti moždani orgazmatron.

It turned out that it wasn't,

Ispostavilo se da nije,

that it really is a system of motivation,

već da je to zapravo sistem motivacije,

a system of wanting.

sistem želje.

It gives objects what's called incentive salience.

Daje predmetima podsticajni značaj.

It makes something look so attractive

Čini ih tako privlačnim

that you just have to go after it.

da ih prosto morate imati.

That's something different

To se razlikuje

from the system that is the pleasure system,

od sistema zadovoljstva,

which simply says, "I like this."

koji prosto govori: "Ovo mi se sviđa."

The pleasure system, as you see,

Sistem zadovoljstva, kao što vidite,

which is the internal opiates, there is a hormone oxytocin,

koji čine interni opijati, poput hormona oksitocina,

is widely spread throughout the brain.

široko je rasprostanjen u mozgu.

Dopamine system, the wanting system,

Dopaminski sistem, sistem želje,

is much more centralized.

mnogo je centralizovaniji.

The other thing about positive emotions is that they have a universal signal.

Pozitivne emocije imaju i univerzalan signal.

And we see here the smile.

I vidimo ovde osmeh.

And the universal signal is not just raising the corner of the lips

Univerzalni signal nije samo podizanje uglova usana

to the zygomatic major.

ka velikom jabučnom mišiću.

It's also crinkling the outer corner of the eye,

On je i nabiranje spoljnog ugla oka,

the orbicularis oculi.

kružnog mišića oka.

So you see, even 10-month-old babies, when they see their mother,

Vidite, čak i desetomesečne bebe, kada vide majku,

will show this particular kind of smile.

prikazuju ovu posebnu vrstu osmeha.

Extroverts use it more than introverts.

Kod ekstrovertnih je češći nego kod introvertnih.

People who are relieved of depression

Ljudi izlečeni od depresije

show it more after than before.

pokazuju ga više nakon izlečenja nego pre.

So if you want to unmask a true look of happiness,

Ako želite da otkrijete pravo lice sreće,

you will look for this expression.

tražićete ovaj izraz.

Our pleasures are really ancient.

Naša zadovoljstva su zaista drevna.

And we learn, of course, many, many pleasures,

Naravno, mnoga zadovoljstva su naučena,

but many of them are base. And one of them, of course, is biophilia --

ali mnoga su bazična, poput biofilije -

that we have a response to the natural world

naše reakcije na svet prirode

that's very profound.

koje su vrlo dubinske.

Very interesting studies

Veoma zanimljive studije,

done on people recovering from surgery,

ljudi tokom oporavka posle operacije,

who found that people who faced a brick wall

otkrile su da oni koji gledaju u cigleni zid

versus people who looked out on trees and nature,

nasuprot onima koji posmatraju drveće i prirodu,

the people who looked out on the brick wall

ljudi koji imaju pogled na zid

were in the hospital longer, needed more medication,

ostaju duže u bolnici, treba im više lekova,

and had more medical complications.

i imaju više zdravstvenih komplikacija.

There is something very restorative about nature,

Priroda ima jaku moć da nas oporavi,

and it's part of how we are tuned.

i to je deo našeg ustrojstva.

Humans, particularly so, we're very imitative creatures.

Ljudi su bića posebno sklona imitiranju.

And we imitate from almost the second we are born.

I imitiramo gotovo od trenutka kad se rodimo.

Here is a three-week-old baby.

Evo jedne bebe stare tri nedelje.

And if you stick your tongue out at this baby,

Ako isplazite jezik ovoj bebi,

the baby will do the same.

ona će učiniti isto.

We are social beings from the beginning.

Mi smo društvena bića od samog početka.

And even studies of cooperation

Čak i proučavanja saradnje

show that cooperation between individuals

pokazuju da saradnja među pojedincima

lights up reward centers of the brain.

aktivira centre za nagrađivanje u mozgu.

One problem that psychology has had

Jedan od problema koje je psihologija imala

is instead of looking at this intersubjectivity --

jeste što umesto ove intersubjektivnosti -

or the importance of the social brain

ili važnosti društvenog mozga

to humans who come into the world helpless

za ljude koji na svet dolaze bespomoćni

and need each other tremendously --

i izuzetno su potrebni jedni drugima -

is that they focus instead on the self

ona se fokusira na našu ličnost

and self-esteem, and not self-other.

i samopoštovanje, a ne na nas u drugom.

It's sort of "me," not "we."

Bavi se "mnome," a ne "nama."

And I think this has been a really tremendous problem

I mislim da je to bio zaista ogroman problem

that goes against our biology and nature,

protivan našoj biologiji i prirodi,

and hasn't made us any happier at all.

i nije nas uopšte učinio srećnijim.

Because when you think about it, people are happiest when in flow,

Jer ljudi su najsrećniji kada su nečim obuzeti,

when they're absorbed in something out in the world,

kada su uronjeni u nešto u spoljnom svetu,

when they're with other people, when they're active,

kada su s drugima, kada su aktivni,

engaged in sports, focusing on a loved one,

kad se bave sportom, posvete se voljenoj osobi,

learning, having sex, whatever.

pri učenju, seksu, čemu god.

They're not sitting in front of the mirror

Ne sede ispred ogledala

trying to figure themselves out,

pokušavajući da spoznaju sebe,

or thinking about themselves.

ili razmišljajući o sebi.

These are not the periods when you feel happiest.

To nisu trenuci kada su najsrećniji.

The other thing is, that a piece of evidence is,

Još nešto, još jedan dokaz,

is if you look at computerized text analysis

jeste kompjuterizovana analiza teksta

of people who commit suicide,

ljudi koji su počinili samoubistvo,

what you find there, and it's quite interesting,

nešto vrlo zanimljivo što tamo nalazite

is use of the first person singular --

jeste upotreba prvog lica jednine -

"I," "me," "my,"

"ja," "mene," "moje,"

not "we" and "us" --

ne "mi" i "nas" -

and the letters are less hopeless

i ta pisma su ne toliko beznadežna

than they are really alone.

koliko zapravo usamljena.

And being alone is very unnatural to the human.

A usamljenost je vrlo neprirodna za čoveka.

There is a profound need to belong.

Imamo duboku potrebu da pripadamo.

But there are ways in which our evolutionary history can really trip us up.

Ali naša evolutivna istorija nas zaista može spotaći.

Because, for example, the genes don't care whether we're happy,

Jer, na primer, geni ne mare da li smo srećni,

they care that we replicate,

njima je bitno da se umnožavaju,

that we pass our genes on.

da prenesemo naše gene dalje.

So for example we have three systems

Tako, na primer, imamo tri sistema

that underlie reproduction, because it's so important.

koji su u osnovi toliko bitne reprodukcije.

There's lust, which is just wanting to have sex.

Postoji požuda, što je prosto želja za seksom.

And that's really mediated by the sex hormones.

I za nju su zaduženi hormoni seksa.

Romantic attraction,

Romantična privlačnost,

that gets into the desire system.

koja ulazi u sistem želje.

And that's dopamine-fed. And that's, "I must have this one person."

Hrani se dopaminom, i znači: "Moram imati ovu osobu."

There's attachment, which is oxytocin,

Postoji vezanost - oksitocin i opijati,

and the opiates, which says, "This is a long-term bond."

koja govori: "Ovo je dugoročna veza."

See the problem is that, as humans, these three can separate.

Problem je u tome što ova tri sistema mogu biti razdvojena.

So a person can be in a long term attachment,

Osoba može biti u dugoj vezi,

osetiti romantičnu privlačnost ka nekom drugom,

become romantically infatuated with someone else,

and want to have sex with a third person.

a želeti seks s trećom osobom.

The other way in which our genes can sometimes lead us astray

Drugi način na koji nas naši geni nekad mogu zavesti

is in social status.

jeste društveni status.

We are very acutely aware of our social status

Veoma smo svesni svog društvenog statusa

and always seek to further and increase it.

i uvek nastojimo da ga unapredimo.

Now in the animal world, there is only one way to increase status,

U životinjskom svetu ima samo jedan način za ovo,

and that's dominance.

a to je dominacija.

I seize command by physical prowess,

Preuzimam kontrolu fizičkom snagom,

and I keep it by beating my chest,

i zadržavam je busajući se u grudi,

and you make submissive gestures.

a vi ćete mi pokazivati podređenost.

Now, the human has a whole other way to rise to the top,

Ljudi se sasvim drugačije uspinju na vrh,

and that is a prestige route,

i to putem prestiža,

which is freely conferred.

koji se slobodno dodeljuje.

Someone has expertise and knowledge, and knows how to do things,

Ako je neko stručan i ume da obavi nešto,

and we give that person status.

daćemo toj osobi status.

And that's clearly the way for us to create many more niches of status

Tako se očito stvaraju brojne statusne niše

so that people don't have to be lower on the status hierarchy

te ljudi ne moraju da budu niže u statusnoj hijerarhiji

as they are in the animal world.

kao što je to u životinjskom svetu.

The data isn't terribly supportive of money buying happiness.

Podaci baš i ne podržavaju tezu da novac kupuje sreću.

But it's not irrelevant.

Ali on nije nebitan.

So if you look at questions like this, life satisfaction,

Uzmimo pitanja o životnom zadovoljstvu,

you see life satisfaction going up with each rung of income.

i videćemo da se zadovoljstvo povećava s višim nivoom prihoda.

You see mental distress going up with lower income.

Mentalni nemir je veći kod nižih prihoda.

So clearly there is some effect.

Dakle, očito postoji neko dejstvo.

But the effect is relatively small.

Ali je ono relativno malo.

And one of the problems with money is materialism.

Jedan od problema s novcem jeste materijalizam.

What happens when people pursue money too avidly,

Kada ljudi previše alavo jure za novcem.

is they forget about the real basic pleasures of life.

zaboravljaju na stvarna osnovna zadovoljsva života.

So we have here, this couple.

Imamo ovaj par.

"Mislite li da siromašniji uživaju u boljem seksu?"

"Do you think the less-fortunate are having better sex?"

And then this kid over here is saying, "Leave me alone with my toys."

I ovo dete koje kaže, "Ostavi me s mojim igračkama."

So one of the things is that it really takes over.

Dakle, to vas potpuno obuzima.

That whole dopamine-wanting system

Taj dopaminski sistem želje obuzima vas i odvraća

takes over and derails from any of the pleasure system.

od bilo kog drugog sistema zadovoljstva.

Maslow had this idea back in the 1950s

Maslov je pedesetih godina razvio ideju

that as people rise above their biological needs,

da s prevazilaženjem bioloških potreba,

as the world becomes safer

kako svet postaje bezbedniji

and we don't have to worry about basic needs being met --

i ne moramo da brinemo o osnovnim potrebama,

our biological system, whatever motivates us, is being satisfied --

naš biološki sistem, koji nas pokreće, biva zadovoljen -

we can rise above them, to think beyond ourselves

možemo se uzdići iznad njih i misliti šire

toward self-actualization or transcendence,

o samoostvarenju ili transcedenciji,

and rise above the materialist.

i izdići se iznad materijalnog.

So to just quickly conclude with some brief data

I da zaključim kratkim prikazom podataka

that suggests this might be so.

koji ukazuju da je to možda tačno.

One is people who underwent what is called a quantum change:

Ljudi koji su doživeli takozvanu kvantnu promenu:

they felt their life and their whole values had changed.

osetili su da su se ceo njihov život i vrednosti promenili.

And sure enough, if you look at the kinds of values that come in,

I zaista, ako pogledate vrstu vrednosti koje se tu pominju,

you see wealth, adventure, achievement, pleasure, fun, be respected,

bogatstvo, avanturizam, postignuće, zadovoljstvo, zabava, poštovanje,

before the change,

pre promene,

and much more post-materialist values after.

a nakon nje se ističu post-materijalističke vrednosti.

Women had a whole different set of value shifts.

Žene su imale sasvim drugačiji skup promenjenih vrednosi.

But very similarly, the only one that survived there was happiness.

Ali vrlo slično, jedino koje je preživelo bila je sreća.

They went from attractiveness and happiness and wealth and self-control

Prešle su od privlačnosti i sreće i bogatstva i samokontrole

to generosity and forgiveness.

na velikodušnost i opraštanje.

I end with a few quotes.

I završiću s nekoliko citata.

"There is only one question:

"Postoji samo jedno pitanje:

How to love this world?"

Kako voleti ovaj svet?"

And Rilke, "If your daily life seems poor,

I Rilke, "Ako vam se dan čini siromašnim,

do not blame it; blame yourself.

ne krivite njega; krivite sebe.

Tell yourself that you are not poet enough

Recite sebi da niste dovoljno pesnik

to call forth its riches."

da prizovete njegova bogatstva."

"First, say to yourself what you would be.

"Prvo, recite sebi šta biste da budete.

Then do what you have to do."

Zatim uradite šta treba da uradite."

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)