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People go back to their base level of wellbeing. People in serious accidents with their paralysis.
人们恢复基础的幸福水平 遇到严重意外的人
As the result of the accident, very often, usually.
意外导致瘫痪 经常地 一般性的......
Again, this is all the average go back to their base level of happiness:.
再次强调 这是平均而言 都会恢复到基础幸福水平
If they are happy before, they will be happy one year after;.
他们以前是快乐的 一年后 他们也会快乐
If they are unhappy, they will remain unhappy. Extreme circumstances make very little difference to our wellbeing.
如果不快乐 将维持不快乐 极端情况对我们的幸福影响很小
University of Illinois professor Ed Diener does a lot of research on happiness levels.
伊利诺伊大学教授Ed Diener 就快乐水平作了大量研究
He has been doing it since the 1970s. What he shows.
他自70年代开始研究 他的研究显示......
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 包括诺奖得主Daniel Kahneman 表明财富对幸福水平的影响很小
Just like the lottery would make a very little difference to our wellbeing.
就像中了彩票 对我们是否幸福影响甚微
Now this does not mean that a person who doesn't have enough food, someone who is homeless on the streets here.
并不是说一个没有足够食物 一个无家可归 流落街头的人
Gets an extra thousand or two thousand dollars a month that of course will make him or her much happier.
每个月多有一两千美元 那当然会让他或她更快乐
But beyond the basic needs, once our basic needs are met and that means food.
但超出基本需要后 当我们的基本需要得到满足 即有食物
Shelter, basic education. Once those needs are met.
住所 基础教育 这些需要一旦得到满足
Income makes very little difference. No change across generations.
收入的影响就微乎其微 几代人之间没有变化
Our generation is much wealthier than our parents, much, much wealthier than our grandparents' generation.
我们这一代比父辈富足 比祖父辈更加富足
