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People go back to their base level of wellbeing. People in serious accidents with their paralysis.
人們恢復基礎的幸福水平 遇到嚴重意外的人
As the result of the accident, very often, usually.
意外導致癱瘓 經常地 一般性的......
Again, this is all the average go back to their base level of happiness:.
再次強調 這是平均而言 都會恢復到基礎幸福水平
If they are happy before, they will be happy one year after;.
他們以前是快樂的 一年后 他們也會快樂
If they are unhappy, they will remain unhappy. Extreme circumstances make very little difference to our wellbeing.
如果不快樂 將維持不快樂 極端情況對我們的幸福影響很小
University of Illinois professor Ed Diener does a lot of research on happiness levels.
伊利諾伊大學教授Ed Diener 就快樂水平作了大量研究
He has been doing it since the 1970s. What he shows.
他自70年代開始研究 他的研究顯示......
He and others including Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize winner show is that wealth matters very little to our levels of wellbeing.
他和其他人 包括諾獎得主Daniel Kahneman 表明財富對幸福水平的影響很小
Just like the lottery would make a very little difference to our wellbeing.
就像中了彩票 對我們是否幸福影響甚微
Now this does not mean that a person who doesn't have enough food, someone who is homeless on the streets here.
并不是說一個沒有足夠食物 一個無家可歸 流落街頭的人
Gets an extra thousand or two thousand dollars a month that of course will make him or her much happier.
每個月多有一兩千美元 那當然會讓他或她更快樂
But beyond the basic needs, once our basic needs are met and that means food.
但超出基本需要后 當我們的基本需要得到滿足 即有食物
Shelter, basic education. Once those needs are met.
住所 基礎教育 這些需要一旦得到滿足
Income makes very little difference. No change across generations.
收入的影響就微乎其微 幾代人之間沒有變化
Our generation is much wealthier than our parents, much, much wealthier than our grandparents' generation.
我們這一代比父輩富足 比祖父輩更加富足
