@@vIBEDoUT-Channel Idk i feel like the economic system caters to what the society wants. Its just that what society wants is derived from greed rather than necessity. Maybe its on us for wanting to live inside a fancy penthouses, drive nice cars instead of be satisfied by hand made huts with other people's clothes. We reap what we sow
He calls himself uneducated, but gives better answers than most „educated“ people. Education does not define wisdom and intelligence. This man clearly is intelligent and I‘m happy that he found his way in life!
Elhadj Diallo well, I‘m not saying that he‘s uneducated. I just basically paraphrased what he said. He said that he is uneducated, and that is what I wrote in my comment. Still, he‘s very intelligent and wise, I can tell ✌🏼👍
remember happiness is not the result of success,its the journey while chasing success...so you can do nothing but want only happiness or you can actually play the game of chasing success and be happy with it...just remember not to take stress
12:37 "Food, Clothes, House, and Medicine must be cheap and easy for everybody, that is Civilisation. But if we make these four things very hard for people to get; that's uncivilised."
Simplicity is the key of happiness. This man lives like that - and me too! I had a very so called “rich“ life for 38 years, but I understood: RICH IS NOT WHO OWNS EVERYTHING. RICH IS WHO DOESN'T NEED IT...! I collected companies, materialistic things, had stress and got sick. So I gave all up and changed my life to a simple one. Now, after 30 years, I live on a beautiful beach on a beautiful island in a warm country with warm hearted people, replanting my own food, getting eggs from my chickens, eating fishes from the sea, learned instruments to play autodidacticly, also painting, and live from playing saxophone in summertime some hours. I live mobile in a horse trailer, after travelling on a boat for many years, together with lots of stray cats and dogs and I'm very happy.
Wauw, so amazing that you chose to live this way! We all try to be happy not realizing that many of the choices we make are the opposite of happiness. But how do you receive an income?
He's not telling everyone to do agriculture, build mud houses and wear torn clothes. He's enabling us to differentiate need from desire. We need to learn when to stop in the pursuit of achievement before it's too late when we realize that we missed life in search of greed.
Nope, the reality is we could all have an abundance if we lived in a good system. It's the system that makes it seem the whole family has to work all day... only to live paycheck to paycheck 🙃
@@chavale2 If you go to a village, they would be more than willing to teach you the basic skills lol. The only problem would be to find these villages and our egos.
@@KidkromechanDo you live in a village? After I get my remote IT job im gonna go to a remote village in Asia and spend most of the time learning languages hehe.
He teaches us everything in Just 15 min - Minimilism - Life is easy -Love yourself -Think Differently -change your inside and you will be grateful 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hmm... well what are you guys going to do after watching this video? Are you going to get a remote job then homestay in a rural asia? Lots of Chinese people want to practice their English...
True happiness is inner happiness. Inner happiness is a vibration drug. It's a vibration drug capable of keeping you high for the rest of your life. Inner happiness comes from conscious living and a true feeling of thankfulness for each breath of fresh air, even as you take it. Live in honest thankfulness for your very existence and you'll soon grow an energetic buffer, the vibration of inner happiness.
Well, actually, most of a plant’s mass comes from the carbon in the air, not the soil. Otherwise there would be huge holes in the soil wherever you find a tree lol
This man demonstrated the whole point in his speech. his point is clear *don’t make your life hard* he’s not saying don’t work hard. Just don’t let modernism shape your life by following imaginary and useless goals
@@Moepowerplant It is hard work for sure but he is saying he has saved 30 years of his life from working. Which I would say is working extremely smart and efficient.
@@Moepowerplant Home and gardening Is not considered a hard job Do not take a little when entering the house, 2 hours a day, like the morning exercise, grow 30 kinds of vegetables, that is, safe, chemical-free food. The body will be strong, not a disease. Sorry that my english is not good
What indirectly says is that the economical system we are working is not fair and is not in tune with how we used to live for the most of our history. What modern life did is cut our direct connection with the land and other people by dipending on the market. In the past our survival was depending on our direct relation to the land and other people which was called the tribe. So what he showed is that when he returned to that way of living he was working less and enjoying life more with less energy. The underlying question is why when you depend on the market you get a lot less for the same amount of work? My answer is that those that make the rules of the market get a lot more and someone has to lose. Those who lose are the working class and this truth was the argument for communism and we know how that project went. What he indirectly recommends is a return to our ancestors way of living.
This ted talk was given by someone who in his own words isn't "very clever" and who's first language is not even English yet, he managed to speak to us in English about the problems of our intricate economic system and give us the answers to some of our most pressing concerns as humans (who am I, what makes me happy, how can I support my family and how do I fight sickness) in a very simple way. This is true intellgence at its finest
He might actually not be very intelligent, compared with his peers, but here's the paradox: if he was intelligent he would still be competing in Bangkok, because the smarter you are, the higher in the hierarchy you get, and even if it's a hierarchy of slaves, the number 1 will find it difficult to leave for something unsure. He has something that beats intelligence though, he has wisdom. With wisdom he has freed himself, and people are coming to him to learn and work for him. I just hope he doesn't create a new hierarchy of slaves.
A lot of the problems in society comes from capitalism, which only cares about profit, and treats humans like they can be disposed, and pollutes society, which is neglected.
I always said when I was growing up, I had more than enough. There was an abundance, but capitalism destroyed wealth, and unevenly distributed wealth to CEO's, and the few. You have to work harder, and harder to spin the wheel, to compete with everyone else, and pits everyone against each other.
You are right. And I think the social media is making it worst. Mainly for the woman that is pressioned to be a standard. The women are becoming wax's dolls.
Most people are so busy treading water in the sh*t pool they've created of a life, they have no time to listen to a recipe or a rescue plan to end the misery the have created. They already know everything...just ask them : ) ... or just watch, it's live entertainment.
Im 25 , a dropped out of engineering, no job no degree, i thought i am the most miserable person on earth ! But after watching this man speaking wisdom, I know i am much privileged !
We had the opportunity to meet this guy at Pun Pun Organic Farm in Thailand... He was sweeping the floor and received us with a big smile. A simple man. He is really like he seems to be in the video.
World is full of so called constant pushers , these so called contant pushers are behind almost every innovation but , they are also behind every destruction or negativity the world has ever faced , so right now the world needs more simple men like him , so this bloody capitalism can come back to its place and food cloth , house ,medicine can be for every one and of same standard
The 21st century is so scary, because we are becoming replica of our cellphone. We lost the traditional of human relationship. We are not intouched with ourselves, instead we look outside for solutions .
A 4-star army General once told me that "what ever we do that goes against nature will always make life harder. and usually nature will try to correct you and bring you back. We think we are technologically advanced but we are moving against nature with it and the end can only be destructive" this man is the definition of follow nature
@The psychological climate change i don't think we're human anymore at that point. and i'm pretty sure it's gonna be the classic "you're not rich enough, no enhancements for you" type thing.
I quit my 9-5 job 3 days after watching this talk. Its been 1.5 years since then I feel no worry and fear about my future even if I am dead broke. This talk allowed me to be myself and do what I always wanted to do. Billion dollar talk I must say.
I am fraught with fear. What would happen to my major medical condition? Who would take care of me when I am old? I agree that the working world is its own kind of slavery. But I have golden shackles.
Yeah but just make sure you aren't just waisting all your time on playing or partying or on phone and saying im satisfied thats just lying to your self and waisting potentiel
@@NookTommy Why everyone needs to be the same? If I dont want a partner right now why force me to? I have Aspergers I tried my best to be the same as others but I just couldn't why shouldn't I accept my true self? If no one understands me, why should I understand others? Why do people care so much about others live? People say you should pursue a simple life, to pursue happiness instead of money. But once I disclose even a tiny bit of satisfaction towards my life, people start calling me lazy, calling me passionless, even tho I've been hard working throughout till now. Why do people around me focus so much on me instead of on themselves?
@@notme2554 Why everyone needs to be the same? If I dont want a partner right now why force me to? I have Aspergers I tried my best to be the same as others but I just couldn't why shouldn't I accept my true self? If no one understands me, why should I understand others? Why do people care so much about others live? People say you should pursue a simple life, to pursue happiness instead of money. But once I disclose even a tiny bit of satisfaction towards my life, people start calling me lazy, calling me passionless, even tho I've been hard working throughout till now. Why do people around me focus so much on me instead of on themselves?
He is telling the truth! I am watching this in 2024 life is very difficult, food, house, clothes, education, medicine I can not afford being a graduate!
@@vietvo2571 I don't think it was always like it is now.The monthly wage changed things .It made people want more and more I'm 70.When I was young people didn't like Mondays, after the weekend off .Tuesday was better. Wednesday market day . Thursday ,half day closing (shops closed )Friday pay day . Saturday if you were lucky you might go to the local pub with your partner or friend until 11 on or so,because your family lived near, you could help each other Sunday the men would have a few drinks with their mates at dinner time and come home to a lovely cooked roast Then Monday would come and you would do it all over again ,but it was so much better People were happier
วรรณดี วิลาวรรณ That depends. My wife is a Thai, her relatives in the Isan area have lands that produces almost nothing due to low rain fall. They work very hard, the life is very simple but shorter than city dwellers. They sleep under old wooden traditional thai buildings. Medical is a problem. They drink underground water. They are 'poor' if you go there and see for yourself. But, it seems to me they are happier than city dwellers.
For the speaker's case, I think he owns a fertile piece of land. Most of Isan people come to Bangkok to work for money and spend money on seeds, fertilizers, etc.to produce on their lands.
I think some people are missing the point. I don't think he's saying everyone needs to physically build a house and grow your own food. What I do think he's expressing, is we need to stop trying to "keep up with the Joneses" and not let our society, fashion, peers or anyone else dictate to us how our lives should be lived. We get so caught up in this little ridiculous crap that we'll do things like work 12 hours a day at a job we hate, to come home to a place that has six bedrooms, marble bathrooms and a kitchen big enough to cook for a basketball team. And at the end of the day, it makes you miserable.
Yes, he is. A compromising interpretation at best...you are welcome to that, but it's a lot more than just understanding. And the way you describe it there is no mal-intent by others. We need to break away from the structures built into this system that are sick. To be well adjusted we have to build, grow and nurse our own and by our own hand.
NemeanLion Have a word. Do you actually have a clue/live here? The Thai, same the Chinese, have taken Materialism on board with bloody bells on. But hey! You lot started it with your condescending 'Oh, these poor little spiritualist- happy- with -having less peasants. We should all be like them and then we will be happy'. Fuck off! Idiots. Go look at your fucking Walmart/ Chinese tech imported crap. And get back to me. Ignorant! Wait 'til that happens (oh, already has) and see how that goes with your ever dwindling 'pay packet'. You didn't listen before, I doubt you will now. BTW, as already stated, how did this guy get on 'TEDtalks? THINK about it.
Yeah I have seen so many Indian girls use that on matrimonial sites. “Simple living and higher thinking”. But they are looking for guys who are "Well settled", thats why I think Indian men don't care much for simple living.
There are millions of people who love this way in third world countries... Rich beyond comprehension. I told my boss on day one "we cause most of the problems we try to solve".
At present (July 2023), this video is 11years old and have 14 million views. But, I don't know how many people have learnt to live a simple life after watching this. Now a days, everyone is busy, frustrated and not satisfied with their lives. I believe in what he said ☺️ Thanks & lots of love 💕
Thank God I found this man after deciding to move to the farm, even though it took time, but I am here in the middle of no where enjoying life 😅 at 40. I will follow the ma for some more inspiration.
Get rid of corrupt people in Government....But you must have the intelligence to enable you to do that, so life is complicated as you need to read, inquire and have teachers to guide...OK
For one thing, we really need to redefine the term "food" these days - that's really and seriously gotten overboard, period. It's about the most despicable hump (no pun intended) of capitalism, any idea how many people ww will not be able to independently manage their every day in 25 years, simply because of their current weight at an older age, and/or subsequent health defiencies. Where are all those caregivers supposed to come from?? Generation Y and Z will be either inoperative or in need of nursing, when X is hitting 85 - 90, it actually might be a close call who's holding up better then. With Hurrah into doom!! A cynical lmao.
@@chavale2 The corruption often comes from democracy itself though... the only thing we can do is to move to a place where the cost of living is low while working remotely in a high paid job...
@@janbrugger3149 Only in the West where home owners lobby the government to stop people from building new houses so they can sell at a profit. Goto Vietnam or somewhere else in SouthEast Asia and you can see how much lower the cost of things are. Remember high cost of living = hidden taxes caused by rules & regulations that favor for profit entities.
And with simple food, less medication is needed. But also I remember a college friend of mine saying decades ago when the first gas crisis raised gas to over a dollar a gallon that it was a wake up call that we needed to aspire less for material things and be better to each other. It's only gotten worse.
In our global society, everything is a commodity, life giving water, life building food and life saving medicine everything comes with a price tag. And the worst part is, many people don't do ethical means of business. People tends to follow fashion, because what majority of people in the society do will have an influence on them.
to do this in america, you would need a lot of money to buy land. you would need expensive equipment to plow the land. you would need to pay for water to grow plants. you are controlled by the amount of money you make instead of what creative things you can build. you are also controlled by the government, you have to apply for grants, apply for jobs, and you are forced to live a life serving other people so that you can one day host jobs for other people. it's much more than just capitalism. this is why so many people are depressed. no one wants to help unless they are paid to.
Same here! This video is true enlightenment. I cannot stress more on this fact. I think only devils can't agree. There can't be anything higher and better than this talk.
Female Energy Studies show that people who are humble and say they aren’t smart or intelligent tend to be just that, whereas the opposite tend to be true aswell
tintuu The two first words (Female Energy) of my comment is the name of the person who made the original comment, in other words me answering the comment added his/her name which made it look like it was part of my response haha :)
I don't know why I'm tearing up. This is probably the most beautiful thing I've seen. Going through a tough time due to lack of job, this video gave me a fresh perspective of life
by seeking more, we earn more, we learn more. And we have many things to share with the poor (to some extent). I don't see why not, no need to trust that ancient Greek's philosopher.
This man is what I aspire to be, to be honest. Like I've been working for a long time already to buy the things I only want to get validation from others but not that needed and forgetting the most important in life which is peace and love. His simplicity is amazing, it's mind refreshing!
@@dota-ed4638 he's talking about living a simpler life, wherever you are. It's not only about packing up and moving out to the forest. He's talking about questioning why we do things and why we are so concerned about living like the Jones's, always trying to be some else. Our self worth is more than clothes and money. We as humans are valuable but we use people and value things. He's also correct in saying that in the last 10/20years humans have been so destructive in the environment because of consumerism.
@@dota-ed4638 I too felt the same way...I don't think man is born just to survive ...human's life has much more capacity...than just surviving I think..
I have never met anyone in my life as simple as this guy. He explained something so fundamentally wrong with our society that most people fail to even recognize it. So refreshing.
When you live a lie since the day you are born that becames essencially the truth. To see things from a different perspective is hard but from the moment you start to question all the modern dogmas and social habits, consumism, etc you understand the simple truth. Study and learn what you like, respect all the living forms and the planet, bring a meaning to your work and smile everyday. Try to be the best yourself, not better than the neighbour. Never work only to buy stuff and enjoy and be gratefull for what you have now.
OMG. In the western culture, all they teach you is, since I set foot in this country: you're a sinner. Everything is your fault. If you get angry, you're a bad person. If you get depressed, deal with it. Get a therapist, who can never solve anything, then take meds. They are the reason this country is broken. Corrupt people. They don't value people. They want robots to take over. The Western culture is actually pretty twisted.
Watching this has made me feel like I’m completely off track in my life. I’m 25, and I completed my degree thinking it would lead me to the life I’ve always wanted, but now I’m stuck in a job I don’t care about, and I still can’t see the life I’ve been searching for. Every single day, it feels like my life is heading down a path I didn’t even choose for myself. But after seeing this man, I feel like I’ve been given a glimpse of other possibilities, and it’s made me want to try to break free from this miserable existence.
I feel this video is giving a meaningful message in a humorous way. I have so many houses that every night I have to think about which house to sleep in. I have so many clothes that I have to always keep on donating them. I have so much food to eat that I sell it. I have so much time that I work only 2 months a year. All of these statements say "I am so rich"
I just want to go to live a minimalist life, but I'm also curious how is university, I'm only 19 , and I don't know what to do anymore, anyway, I want to reconnect to nature someday, live without internet, and in a friendly community, because I would die of lonilines , and the worst part is that I have none to talk to about it
@@weshivlogs5922 yesss, i feel that nobody thinks that a simple life is a good way to live, everyone wants cars and big Houses. So where do you want to talk, I'd be very happy to talk to someone
Lynnerup it means that today, as we live, rich people, businesses, makes you think you have to consume more. The more you consume, the more you will be happy. It’s not. Money can’t buy *longterm happiness* capitalism is the businesses that profits more from you for themselves rather that just for you. So, they make products more expensive you know stuff like that
Lidya Dirar its more like he destroyed vanity. At least with Capitalism, we always have a CHOICE- to live a vain and material life, or a simple, self-sufficient one. You totally missed the main point and message of this talk.
@@drsareekakatkuriphysiother5376 You can set goals and achieve them but don't sacrifice your happiness and peace of mind for any goal. This is what most of us do..😶 We should remind ourselves that in the end we will have to leave everything behind.
Watching this video for the third time to get back to my roots. Whenever I forget who I am, I watch it. I wish there was someone like him with me who would keep me away from materialistic things.
I am from Africa of poor farmer families. but i graduated from well known university of my country and working in private foreign company which my basic needs depends on. today i watched this video and learn something new that changed my life. thank you sir,
rawm yaaj , it's so pity that human made a so expensive building for a dead body. That is "Tajmahal" while there are so many homeless people shivering in cold.
I think this guy is happy because he trusts himself, relies on himself and lives according to his own standards. Living like this frees you from the never ending cycle of blame and it's inherent process of self induced victim-hood. He's his own man, he might not be everyone's man ... but he's his own man and for that reason I think he is one of the most successful people in the world.
Lol i got reminded of the novel "Super Gene Optimization Fluid" in it when the MC goes into big shots partys he only wears normal clothes but the rich feel poor infront of his aura.
This is a really nice video. I discovered it years ago when I was in my early teens. I'm 18 and since then I've probably rewatched it dozens of times. I keep coming back to it because he just summarises everything, how I think, how I want to live...and he explains them so simply. It's an amazing video and I hope more people get to see it. I want this video to have billions of views someday
It makes me so happy that so often much of the youth these days seem to be deeper & smarter earlier & earlier. It sincerely gives me hope for the future to see this.
"Questions are more important than answers!" Jon is the very first person who questions the abnormality of modern life while others are just struggling to overcome it.
Found this today and i really love the talk, but did it seriously had that much of an impact on your life? I hope i can adapt to it too and change to simple
The line that hits me most is when Jon Jandai says: "I feel like now is the most uncivilized era of humans in this earth" everything is hard to get. I think this line speaks to most people who are homeless, can't even afford to buy foods, clothes and other necessary things. There is a real gap between people who benefits more from the resources of earth in which all human beings are entitled to benefit from it without interference. Inequality was born. And now, the more advanced one prevails.
That’s actually appalling. Almost the hole human history has been more uncivilized. A lot less people die of hunger these days than ever before (of recorded human history) and people are generally speaking a lot richer than ever before. The whole narrative that the world is getting worse is just completely wrong
@@losclxii316 people have no food in the past was because of wars. Human are capable to live very simply.if it wasn't politics between countries there'll be far less people die. Also how rich countries exploit the poor countries and keep them poor is beyond me.
Most saddening part is that everyone deserves to live happily on this planet as nature comprises of n number of resources but two elements that most of the humans contain are selfishness and jealous. These two things are the reason behind different classes of society and the bottom ones and animals are deprives of livelihood because of those who have upper hand on resources 😢😢
+Winona Lee Yes, because it is hard to unlearn all that society has taught us. This man learned simplicity growing up. But most of us in Western society were taught complexity from the beginning.
But did he not experience just like us? Besides while he didn't get forced on like poor us, I'm pretty sure we got other benefits as well. Be fair don't play that game of well that person didn't have to go with what I did so I can't do it.
+Winona Lee Simplicity is in your born nature! Every human is born simple. The life that surrounds in witch that human will grow up and the people with whom she/he will communicate, those are the factors that matter if that human will act the same or live the same life like the world around her/him. If you know what I mean.
Aweh! I love seeing people that think like this and actually live it. Life is easy and beautiful, it's only us who choose to complicate it. Thank you for sharing.
I had a deadline to submit my project assignment which I was so much tensed and working after my 10 hours of official work. Lack of sleep from a week.. After watching this video, I closed my laptop, jumped on bed and said myself,. "Life is easy"❤️ Will only loose 5marks for late submission... It's not always about grades... 😁 ... Updating after 5 days... Got a week's extension and submitted my project with all coolness... 😉😁
I'm impressed with his public speech despite English is not his mother tongue. So confident that grammar was not an issue at all. "Choice to be easy or to be hard. It depends on you"
He's talking about the way that we ALL used to live at one time. People were self-reliant, self-sufficient. Farming, hunting, living in small communities where we knew everybody. The way that we live now is killing us. It's not healthy. It's not the way that we were meant to live.
Silviu Constantin if you ask me, there should be a 1 child policy for every couple just like china, because our population issue (lots of consumers) appears to be the largest issue aside from limited resources. My advice is to have less sexually focused media, and increase the number of jobs which produce more than they destroy (large amounts of data are required to measure this accurately (obviously infinite data would be preferable but doesn't appear to be an option))
MeecrobMan we do have a choice. As long as we don't compare our lives with someone else, and know what you really need in life, life can be easy and light.
I had same thought as him when I went to Singapore from Malaysia 12 years back for work, I earned more money but it doesn't make me feel better and happier, even I can buy myself some luxury goods and good food, but I still feel empty deep in my heart, I feel miserable and then I almost sick once for every month. But because my family had a financial issue I try my best to sustain, after 2 years I have decided to go back to my home country which is Malaysia, from that time onwards, I found my very own happiness as a minimalist, I am still practicing it until now, the best part is I found my inner peace, I don't have to be somebody else, I just follow my own path. Inner peace for me is priceless. 😄 I hope everyone can feel it too in one day.
He's right, life is simple but the society keep telling us that life is hard and we have to work hard in order to be happy, we work 8 hours a day and then it's bed time for 5 days a week, when weekends comes we cannot enjoy fully because we have to work on monday, our life is just about work and we are all waiting for really short vacations or until we retired to enjoy life, whenever I bring this up people around me keep saying that is how life supposed to be and they keep mentioning how busy they are as busy is their badge, something to be proud of. I think that we must look things the other direction, life could be hard at some points but it doesn't have to last 90% of our life.
I agree! Been there, done that and now having quit my job have realised all the stress was so futile. Life was so much better before it. I feel happy again after a decade since I first began working
Yes I felt this when i worked 40hrs a week. Then i reduced my work to 3 days. It is great having all this extra free time. But everyone asks me "why do i want to work less? What do i need more days off for, arent I bored?" They probably think i'm strange but i think they're the strange ones working so hard to have their expensive house and car. I'd rather stay in my one bed apartment that i can afford and have all my lovely free time 😊
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How, in America, can you just pick a spot and build a house? Live free? No more squatting rights anywhere? Have to have money. Have to have too much. Just to exist. Not fair. Not right. It is slavery. I feel like my Irish forefathers that were slaves here in America. Can't bee free from all that is expected of ANYONE in this society. And who else would have me? Let me just live as I see fit so long as I bother no one else? So sad. I didn't ask for this life. I was programmed into it and don't know anything different.
"People are becoming smarter, just to make the world more complicated"
Very well said sir
yeah , the economic (money ) system is making us do this
@@stevewalker6240 and so many people die of hunger , while so much of food is wasted
I couldn't even build a shelf.
🤣😅🤣😅🤣 I thank u!
@@vIBEDoUT-Channel Idk i feel like the economic system caters to what the society wants. Its just that what society wants is derived from greed rather than necessity. Maybe its on us for wanting to live inside a fancy penthouses, drive nice cars instead of be satisfied by hand made huts with other people's clothes. We reap what we sow
normally ted talkers show you how to fix yourself when you don't fit into the sytem. this man shows that the system is the problem, not we
+Steyreon i couldnt agree morewith you.
+Steyreon the truth have been spoken
+Steyreon you summaries it beautifully, well done.
+Steyreon but the system is created by us, don't blame the system
the system is so wrong man you have to work your ass of to pay your bills ..
He calls himself uneducated, but gives better answers than most „educated“ people. Education does not define wisdom and intelligence. This man clearly is intelligent and I‘m happy that he found his way in life!
What do you call uneducated, abd what you call educated ...i will be waiting for your request!!!!
@@elhadjdiallo633 educated is the amount of cert u have. Degree mean highly educated.
Elhadj Diallo well, I‘m not saying that he‘s uneducated. I just basically paraphrased what he said. He said that he is uneducated, and that is what I wrote in my comment. Still, he‘s very intelligent and wise, I can tell ✌🏼👍
Skyler723 I agree
Ughhhhh
13 years and this speech is still going strong! Certainly one of the best speeches ever delivered!
yea, this is my 3rd time of listening to it.
“A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it.” Albert Einstein
I will be happieness man in my farm.
At my home in Thailand.
remember happiness is not the result of success,its the journey while chasing success...so you can do nothing but want only happiness or you can actually play the game of chasing success and be happy with it...just remember not to take stress
@Murtaz M yeah, it is. Sadly. :/
I think it is the best way you can live, just a simple life.
Which part of the world are you from?
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!
Easy to say that if you’re Albert Einstein :))
12:37 "Food, Clothes, House, and Medicine must be cheap and easy for everybody, that is Civilisation. But if we make these four things very hard for people to get; that's uncivilised."
That's why I now live a rich life in Ecuador on my $800 Social Security
impressive!
@@NaomiColb teach me your ways
Nice! Did you watch the video as well?
That is the basics of civilization. We tend to overcomplicate and forget about the basics.. this was a good reminder.
Simplicity is the key of happiness. This man lives like that - and me too! I had a very so called “rich“ life for 38 years, but I understood: RICH IS NOT WHO OWNS EVERYTHING. RICH IS WHO DOESN'T NEED IT...! I collected companies, materialistic things, had stress and got sick. So I gave all up and changed my life to a simple one. Now, after 30 years, I live on a beautiful beach on a beautiful island in a warm country with warm hearted people, replanting my own food, getting eggs from my chickens, eating fishes from the sea, learned instruments to play autodidacticly, also painting, and live from playing saxophone in summertime some hours. I live mobile in a horse trailer, after travelling on a boat for many years, together with lots of stray cats and dogs and I'm very happy.
where do you life?
@@ibafy6751 In Mykonos, Greece
I would have had the same question.
Unfortunately on YT we cannot contact.
Very interesting comment. I wish you the best for your future.
Wauw, so amazing that you chose to live this way! We all try to be happy not realizing that many of the choices we make are the opposite of happiness. But how do you receive an income?
God bless you.
He's not telling everyone to do agriculture, build mud houses and wear torn clothes.
He's enabling us to differentiate need from desire. We need to learn when to stop in the pursuit of achievement before it's too late when we realize that we missed life in search of greed.
Sandeep Maheshwari?
Well said sir 👌
Nope, the reality is we could all have an abundance if we lived in a good system.
It's the system that makes it seem the whole family has to work all day... only to live paycheck to paycheck 🙃
@@Mrrohan-zc4mp he is lunatic
@@run4fun143we are the reason the system exists. Without all the people willing to live paycheck to paycheck, it wouldn't exist.
“ when I work hard, still my life is hard”. This line caught me, .
"I spent one month to save money to buy a pair of jeans. Every time i look, i am the same person".
The most intelligent person i've heard in my life.
To a certain extend: you need basic skills to make life easy; cannot deny this fact
@@chavale2 If you go to a village, they would be more than willing to teach you the basic skills lol. The only problem would be to find these villages and our egos.
That is common knowledge
@@KidkromechanDo you live in a village? After I get my remote IT job im gonna go to a remote village in Asia and spend most of the time learning languages hehe.
This quote hit me. We've become so blind to the simple things now. It's such a simple thing yet you have to be conscious enough to notice!
Reminds me of the Dennis McKenna quote: “As human beings, we’re very clever, but we’re not wise.”
This guy is wise.
👏👏👏💯💯💯🙏🌈
That's right! I just want to add.. this guy is wise, cause he opened to it, he got it after he took an internal decision and he committed to it 👏👏
hes a wiseguy
Why people are very clever but not wise?
Very clever
Not wise
Am like u a lot cos you took to my self reit now thanks u a lot
that was good.
1. don't follow
2. have time to think
3. self reflect
4. "lower expectations"
5. be simple
= life is easy
Life is hard no matter what; why even continue my own existence?
@@SteveInLava yeah where can i get free land
@@SteveInLava Not sure. Because you can, perhaps.
@@SteveInLava Bhagavad Gita tells you the "WHY"
Above are working or not can anyone experience it?
He teaches us everything in Just 15 min
- Minimilism
- Life is easy
-Love yourself
-Think Differently
-change your inside and you will be grateful
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
exactly
Also we can say he is asking us to compromise in a different manner
Hmm... well what are you guys going to do after watching this video? Are you going to get a remote job then homestay in a rural asia? Lots of Chinese people want to practice their English...
True happiness is inner happiness. Inner happiness is a vibration drug. It's a vibration drug capable of keeping you high for the rest of your life. Inner happiness comes from conscious living and a true feeling of thankfulness for each breath of fresh air, even as you take it. Live in honest thankfulness for your very existence and you'll soon grow an energetic buffer, the vibration of inner happiness.
And YOU have summed it up beautifully... clearly already a practitioner. 🙏🏾 Thank you for that.
Jon is a farmer, he does magic every day. Turning the earth into food. He will always be happy.
Dylan, you are a bit over ANALytical, no? I am recovering from that affliction myself. I wish you well in your eventual recovery from it too. ❤
Well, actually, most of a plant’s mass comes from the carbon in the air, not the soil. Otherwise there would be huge holes in the soil wherever you find a tree lol
@MIX Vdos Farming is work!
And he has d to pay for the waters and electricity he needs .
This man demonstrated the whole point in his speech. his point is clear *don’t make your life hard* he’s not saying don’t work hard. Just don’t let modernism shape your life by following imaginary and useless goals
Uri Conan And building houses and farming (and selling at market sometimes) isn't hard work?
@@Moepowerplant It is hard work for sure but he is saying he has saved 30 years of his life from working. Which I would say is working extremely smart and efficient.
Uri Conan dont work hard on things that r not making u happy n making your life better
@@Moepowerplant Home and gardening Is not considered a hard job Do not take a little when entering the house, 2 hours a day, like the morning exercise, grow 30 kinds of vegetables, that is, safe, chemical-free food. The body will be strong, not a disease. Sorry that my english is not good
What indirectly says is that the economical system we are working is not fair and is not in tune with how we used to live for the most of our history. What modern life did is cut our direct connection with the land and other people by dipending on the market. In the past our survival was depending on our direct relation to the land and other people which was called the tribe. So what he showed is that when he returned to that way of living he was working less and enjoying life more with less energy. The underlying question is why when you depend on the market you get a lot less for the same amount of work? My answer is that those that make the rules of the market get a lot more and someone has to lose. Those who lose are the working class and this truth was the argument for communism and we know how that project went. What he indirectly recommends is a return to our ancestors way of living.
He just opened my eyes. Life is easy, but we make it complicated to reach our unnecessary desires.
Rasululah (SAW) chose a humble simple life for a reason even though he was also offered mountain worth of riches
This ted talk was given by someone who in his own words isn't "very clever" and who's first language is not even English yet, he managed to speak to us in English about the problems of our intricate economic system and give us the answers to some of our most pressing concerns as humans (who am I, what makes me happy, how can I support my family and how do I fight sickness) in a very simple way. This is true intellgence at its finest
He might actually not be very intelligent, compared with his peers, but here's the paradox: if he was intelligent he would still be competing in Bangkok, because the smarter you are, the higher in the hierarchy you get, and even if it's a hierarchy of slaves, the number 1 will find it difficult to leave for something unsure.
He has something that beats intelligence though, he has wisdom. With wisdom he has freed himself, and people are coming to him to learn and work for him. I just hope he doesn't create a new hierarchy of slaves.
wisdom for sure
A lot of the problems in society comes from capitalism, which only cares about profit, and treats humans like they can be disposed, and pollutes society, which is neglected.
I always thought something was wrong with me. Now, I know why. There's no need to complicate things.
I always said when I was growing up, I had more than enough. There was an abundance, but capitalism destroyed wealth, and unevenly distributed wealth to CEO's, and the few. You have to work harder, and harder to spin the wheel, to compete with everyone else, and pits everyone against each other.
Most of us don't live our lives, we live other people's life.
Also......if you ain't first, your last.
You are right. And I think the social media is making it worst. Mainly for the woman that is pressioned to be a standard. The women are becoming wax's dolls.
Well said. thats true..life became a comparison and thirst never ends
Most people are so busy treading water in the sh*t pool they've created of a life, they have no time to listen to a recipe or a rescue plan to end the misery the have created. They already know everything...just ask them : ) ... or just watch, it's live entertainment.
beautiful lady from the looks to the heart
Im 25 , a dropped out of engineering, no job no degree, i thought i am the most miserable person on earth ! But after watching this man speaking wisdom, I know i am much privileged !
I believe in you Sameer. I hope it all works out well for you!
Rye Lopez thank you for those kind words :-)
i am with u bro... :)
im 20..same situation..
dont worry bro...! :)
something better is waiting for us..
just work hard :)
"we work jobs we don't like,to buy things we don't need and to satisfy not us,but other people".
"Sometimes the best things in life are free. "
All the time.
It’s not free if you put your time into it
if they are not free then maybe not the most most basic essential things. haha
All times
True love free
Family free
True Happiness free
All other 2ndary things than above are expensiv
We had the opportunity to meet this guy at Pun Pun Organic Farm in Thailand... He was sweeping the floor and received us with a big smile. A simple man. He is really like he seems to be in the video.
Oh man, I live in USA. I saw this video first in 2012. I have been wanting to go to punpun. I should do it asap.
@@_Wai_Wai_ Set a date and book a flight. :)
oh my gosh. I am planning to visit there as well! Can you tell me how your experience was?! I'm so excited
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World is full of so called constant pushers , these so called contant pushers are behind almost every innovation but , they are also behind every destruction or negativity the world has ever faced , so right now the world needs more simple men like him , so this bloody capitalism can come back to its place and food cloth , house ,medicine can be for every one and of same standard
This world need healer not success people. This man is perfect example of it.
The 21st century is so scary, because we are becoming replica of our cellphone. We lost the traditional of human relationship. We are not intouched with ourselves, instead we look outside for solutions .
@@stonehouse979 you are right.
Agreed.
"I can't change anything outside of myself, the only thing I can do is manage my mind" beautiful.
A 4-star army General once told me that "what ever we do that goes against nature will always make life harder. and usually nature will try to correct you and bring you back. We think we are technologically advanced but we are moving against nature with it and the end can only be destructive" this man is the definition of follow nature
Lovelyy
@The psychological climate change i don't think we're human anymore at that point.
and i'm pretty sure it's gonna be the classic "you're not rich enough, no enhancements for you" type thing.
@The psychological climate change Sounds like a very depressing dystopia
I quit my 9-5 job 3 days after watching this talk. Its been 1.5 years since then I feel no worry and fear about my future even if I am dead broke. This talk allowed me to be myself and do what I always wanted to do. Billion dollar talk I must say.
Deep talk hey :) ? (I live in Canada)I heard about his farm when I was in Thailand. Now I'm interested to see. Have you heard or been to his place ?
Great!!!
Good Luck
who is feeding you and your family now ?
I am fraught with fear. What would happen to my major medical condition? Who would take care of me when I am old? I agree that the working world is its own kind of slavery. But I have golden shackles.
It's about how we can be rich without having things, Success is not about materials it's about satisfaction with your own self.
good quote
Yeah but just make sure you aren't just waisting all your time on playing or partying or on phone and saying im satisfied thats just lying to your self and waisting potentiel
yeah but most people are materialistic now and finding a partner is impossible if you are a simple person
@@NookTommy Why everyone needs to be the same? If I dont want a partner right now why force me to? I have Aspergers I tried my best to be the same as others but I just couldn't why shouldn't I accept my true self? If no one understands me, why should I understand others? Why do people care so much about others live? People say you should pursue a simple life, to pursue happiness instead of money. But once I disclose even a tiny bit of satisfaction towards my life, people start calling me lazy, calling me passionless, even tho I've been hard working throughout till now. Why do people around me focus so much on me instead of on themselves?
@@notme2554 Why everyone needs to be the same? If I dont want a partner right now why force me to? I have Aspergers I tried my best to be the same as others but I just couldn't why shouldn't I accept my true self? If no one understands me, why should I understand others? Why do people care so much about others live? People say you should pursue a simple life, to pursue happiness instead of money. But once I disclose even a tiny bit of satisfaction towards my life, people start calling me lazy, calling me passionless, even tho I've been hard working throughout till now. Why do people around me focus so much on me instead of on themselves?
He is telling the truth! I am watching this in 2024 life is very difficult, food, house, clothes, education, medicine I can not afford being a graduate!
I consider this to be the best TED talk ever.
Me too
🙏
that's right!
@@vietvo2571 I don't think it was always like it is now.The monthly wage changed things .It made people want more and more I'm 70.When I was young people didn't like Mondays, after the weekend off .Tuesday was better. Wednesday market day . Thursday ,half day closing (shops closed )Friday pay day . Saturday if you were lucky you might go to the local pub with your partner or friend until 11 on or so,because your family lived near, you could help each other Sunday the men would have a few drinks with their mates at dinner time and come home to a lovely cooked roast Then Monday would come and you would do it all over again ,but it was so much better People were happier
i think you too!And I am doing as he says!
How do you think about oganic tourist farm?
He said that he is poor, but his heart, mind, soul are filled with wealth. This is one unique guy.
+golferchin76 For a person who has a piece of land for plantation can not be considered poor.
วรรณดี วิลาวรรณ That depends.
My wife is a Thai, her relatives in the Isan area have lands that produces almost nothing due to low rain fall.
They work very hard, the life is very simple but shorter than city dwellers. They sleep under old wooden traditional thai buildings. Medical is a problem. They drink underground water. They are 'poor' if you go there and see for yourself.
But, it seems to me they are happier than city dwellers.
For the speaker's case, I think he owns a fertile piece of land. Most of Isan people come to Bangkok to work for money and spend money on seeds, fertilizers, etc.to produce on their lands.
An altermative definition to 'rich' as it is taken to mean $$ rich.
I think some people are missing the point.
I don't think he's saying everyone needs to physically build a house and grow your own food. What I do think he's expressing, is we need to stop trying to "keep up with the Joneses" and not let our society, fashion, peers or anyone else dictate to us how our lives should be lived. We get so caught up in this little ridiculous crap that we'll do things like work 12 hours a day at a job we hate, to come home to a place that has six bedrooms, marble bathrooms and a kitchen big enough to cook for a basketball team. And at the end of the day, it makes you miserable.
Yes, he is. A compromising interpretation at best...you are welcome to that, but it's a lot more than just understanding. And the way you describe it there is no mal-intent by others. We need to break away from the structures built into this system that are sick. To be well adjusted we have to build, grow and nurse our own and by our own hand.
NemeanLion Have a word. Do you actually have a clue/live here? The Thai, same the Chinese, have taken Materialism on board with bloody bells on. But hey! You lot started it with your condescending 'Oh, these poor little spiritualist- happy- with -having less peasants. We should all be like them and then we will be happy'. Fuck off! Idiots. Go look at your fucking Walmart/ Chinese tech imported crap. And get back to me. Ignorant! Wait 'til that happens (oh, already has) and see how that goes with your ever dwindling 'pay packet'. You didn't listen before, I doubt you will now.
BTW, as already stated, how did this guy get on 'TEDtalks? THINK about it.
tamsinthai
You need to take your medication!
You are clever very well explanation. NemeanLion. Peace is with you
pjamesbda Ignorant, truly ignorant 'I have no other riposte to this salient comment' remark Mouth Breather.
He isn't the hero we deserve, but he is the hero we need right now.
Many Indians have forgotten that we too have a motto “Simple living and higher thinking”.
And this man is a living example of this saying.
And the main reason, we copy others and boast our ego by showing things we have
We are uncivilized independents
Yeah I have seen so many Indian girls use that on matrimonial sites. “Simple living and higher thinking”. But they are looking for guys who are "Well settled", thats why I think Indian men don't care much for simple living.
True
@@masteryoda9044 ☕
So many university so many clever people....still our life is hard ....this man nailed it.
Its the corporate lobby groups and existing home owners lobbying the government to stop building of new houses, at least in the United States...
@@aoeu256 everything is now soley motivated by wealth
agree, well said, we need to learn from people staying remotely from the city
YES INDEEDY!
Jon Jandai, richest man on earth that you won't see on Forbes.
Tru☝️
@@akeyrtainment8507 I love you too.
There are millions of people who love this way in third world countries... Rich beyond comprehension. I told my boss on day one "we cause most of the problems we try to solve".
yes
well said!!
At present (July 2023), this video is 11years old and have 14 million views. But, I don't know how many people have learnt to live a simple life after watching this. Now a days, everyone is busy, frustrated and not satisfied with their lives. I believe in what he said ☺️
Thanks & lots of love 💕
the "solution" that most people seem to have is to work harder and do more. definitely moving in the wrong direction
thTAS 0,175% of thew populartion so of course you woukdn;t see much ddufferentce
Thank God I found this man after deciding to move to the farm, even though it took time, but I am here in the middle of no where enjoying life 😅 at 40. I will follow the ma for some more inspiration.
This is reminder for us🎉
Food, clothes, house and medicine must be CHEAP and EASY for many people to get. That's civilization.
Get rid of corrupt people in Government....But you must have the intelligence to enable you to do that, so life is complicated as you need to read, inquire and have teachers to guide...OK
For one thing, we really need to redefine the term "food" these days - that's really and seriously gotten overboard, period. It's about the most despicable hump (no pun intended) of capitalism, any idea how many people ww will not be able to independently manage their every day in 25 years, simply because of their current weight at an older age, and/or subsequent health defiencies. Where are all those caregivers supposed to come from?? Generation Y and Z will be either inoperative or in need of nursing, when X is hitting 85 - 90, it actually might be a close call who's holding up better then. With Hurrah into doom!! A cynical lmao.
and sadly today those things are the most expensive.
@@chavale2 The corruption often comes from democracy itself though... the only thing we can do is to move to a place where the cost of living is low while working remotely in a high paid job...
@@janbrugger3149 Only in the West where home owners lobby the government to stop people from building new houses so they can sell at a profit. Goto Vietnam or somewhere else in SouthEast Asia and you can see how much lower the cost of things are. Remember high cost of living = hidden taxes caused by rules & regulations that favor for profit entities.
Great talk sir!
As Einstein said "A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness."
Nc
True. But some people, like myself, dont see happiness as the ultimate goal.
@@KizaWittaker What is your ultimate goal then? I believe every goal is somehow related to you getting what you want and therefore becoming happy
@@luispereira2354 My goal is to be worthy of my suffering
kiza wtf r u on?? So confused
"Food, house, clothing and medication - these must be cheap and easy to access for every person- this is civilization"
Absolutely
And with simple food, less medication is needed. But also I remember a college friend of mine saying decades ago when the first gas crisis raised gas to over a dollar a gallon that it was a wake up call that we needed to aspire less for material things and be better to each other. It's only gotten worse.
In our global society, everything is a commodity, life giving water, life building food and life saving medicine everything comes with a price tag. And the worst part is, many people don't do ethical means of business. People tends to follow fashion, because what majority of people in the society do will have an influence on them.
to do this in america, you would need a lot of money to buy land. you would need expensive equipment to plow the land. you would need to pay for water to grow plants. you are controlled by the amount of money you make instead of what creative things you can build. you are also controlled by the government, you have to apply for grants, apply for jobs, and you are forced to live a life serving other people so that you can one day host jobs for other people. it's much more than just capitalism. this is why so many people are depressed. no one wants to help unless they are paid to.
The Most wise person are those who don't think highly of themselves.
Imagine all people living that way. No problems with global warming, rubbish, plastic. Fantastic!
Wow then this life would be so easy ! But we do not have this😔
@@jill8667 But I think we don't have to give up on everything what modern world gives us. We should use this goods responsibly and deriberately.
@@wiktorbabiarz6758 your right its all about moderation. Balance equals harmony.
If everyone are like him then we will never reach Mars or shake hands with our creator.
Imagine all ppl living that way?
It's hard isn't it..
Better & easier solution. How about
Imagine no people living
"I cannot change anything outside myself. What I can do, change my mind, manage myself." Thank You, Sir!
Stoicism
this ted talk is the only one to actually change my whole mood on life. I Loved this mans interview.
Same here
Same here! This video is true enlightenment. I cannot stress more on this fact. I think only devils can't agree. There can't be anything higher and better than this talk.
Me too 👍
Food, Home, Medicine , clothes- If these basic things are hard to get, then we are living in an uncivilized world- Wonderful quote by Jon
I love him too.
I cried after listening to him. I dunno how to start the simple life. But I'll do my best and encrypt this in my mind. Thank you.
Count me in
Yes me too
First step: find land to live and farm
wish you the best
"When you follow fashion you never catch up because you are following it"
Gadlis!!
I think he said passion
@@youtubebannedme3466 he said fashion
Yup, he said fashion. He was relating this to the jeans he bought with the money he took 1 month to save.
“Compared to him I have 29+ years of free time” this hits the feels
This guy said he isn’t smart, he sounds extremely smart to me.
Female Energy Studies show that people who are humble and say they aren’t smart or intelligent tend to be just that, whereas the opposite tend to be true aswell
tintuu The two first words (Female Energy) of my comment is the name of the person who made the original comment, in other words me answering the comment added his/her name which made it look like it was part of my response haha :)
😂👍
@tintuu Lol that name "Female Energy" got me offguard as well.
Etiruza even made it seem its supose to be like that. "Female Energy Studies",....lawl.
His thinking is a lot smarter than many educated but arrogant people.
I don't know why I'm tearing up. This is probably the most beautiful thing I've seen.
Going through a tough time due to lack of job, this video gave me a fresh perspective of life
Hope you’re doing so much better now.
“The poor man is not the person who has less, but the one who seeks more.”_-Epictetus
Mr 11 🙏🙏
Nice quote, I think it was Seneca who wrote it
by seeking more, we earn more, we learn more. And we have many things to share with the poor (to some extent). I don't see why not, no need to trust that ancient Greek's philosopher.
How is enough? Maybe, it depends on your ego
Gold ....
Basically he is saying what matters is our satisfaction not so called competition & success.
Yeah
Yes you are correct
Your Very Right
: )
So in simple words, his message for us is, "if you want to enjoy your lives, STOP being a machine"...
There's absolutely no way he can say he is uneducated, when he delivered such a powerful TEDx Talk 🙌🏾👏🏾💙 I am mind blown.
i like you mashego❤❤❤❤❤
poqweduk minsa my man powerfuk minds
One of my best Tedtalks ever. I come back again and again to listen to this man.
Same bro
I did 3 times in 2 years span...😊
I listen to this talk every night for the past week before going to bed lol
Me too.
same here...addictive! he is the man whom everyone needs to be a neighbor.
Minimalism to the next level. The original way.
Flatl1ne lol yes
damn, I would drink that
Global Warming will make Minimalism the norm
@@DSAK55 wdym
If you think this is the "next" level and original - check on Diogenes 4th century BC Cynicism and be surprised. :)
This man gives solutions to all of problems in life in just 15 mins..
This man is what I aspire to be, to be honest. Like I've been working for a long time already to buy the things I only want to get validation from others but not that needed and forgetting the most important in life which is peace and love. His simplicity is amazing, it's mind refreshing!
❤
Life is easy, just eat food, drink water and work on something that fulfills you and makes society a better place.
Best comment 🙏
Right
Just be......
Yes man .
You have to work for food and water it doesn’t just get handed to you.
Honestly this guy speech is more inspiring than any Steve jobs or warren buffet speech 😔
Perfect!!
So true!
Value of the speech is subjective, if you want to live in the forest his speech is inspiring, but for me it doesn't make any sense
@@dota-ed4638 he's talking about living a simpler life, wherever you are. It's not only about packing up and moving out to the forest. He's talking about questioning why we do things and why we are so concerned about living like the Jones's, always trying to be some else. Our self worth is more than clothes and money. We as humans are valuable but we use people and value things. He's also correct in saying that in the last 10/20years humans have been so destructive in the environment because of consumerism.
@@dota-ed4638 I too felt the same way...I don't think man is born just to survive ...human's life has much more capacity...than just surviving I think..
I have never met anyone in my life as simple as this guy. He explained something so fundamentally wrong with our society that most people fail to even recognize it. So refreshing.
Go to Indian villages. You will find people who are like him.
@@nishobit.1293 I don't think so
When you live a lie since the day you are born that becames essencially the truth. To see things from a different perspective is hard but from the moment you start to question all the modern dogmas and social habits, consumism, etc you understand the simple truth. Study and learn what you like, respect all the living forms and the planet, bring a meaning to your work and smile everyday. Try to be the best yourself, not better than the neighbour. Never work only to buy stuff and enjoy and be gratefull for what you have now.
He just distilled the truth. Life is simple, why make it complicated?
OMG. In the western culture, all they teach you is, since I set foot in this country: you're a sinner. Everything is your fault. If you get angry, you're a bad person. If you get depressed, deal with it. Get a therapist, who can never solve anything, then take meds. They are the reason this country is broken. Corrupt people. They don't value people. They want robots to take over. The Western culture is actually pretty twisted.
Watching this has made me feel like I’m completely off track in my life. I’m 25, and I completed my degree thinking it would lead me to the life I’ve always wanted, but now I’m stuck in a job I don’t care about, and I still can’t see the life I’ve been searching for. Every single day, it feels like my life is heading down a path I didn’t even choose for myself. But after seeing this man, I feel like I’ve been given a glimpse of other possibilities, and it’s made me want to try to break free from this miserable existence.
Good to you he give us to look back in our life
Simplicity is the key in our life..we all have a choice, a choice to be easy or a choice to be hard. Good quote. Thank you.
chandra hasyim that's what the Beatles believed! Simplicity is key!
EXACTLY!
Good luck finding land
Brill always think this way . Keep your dreams small
@@LateBloomerMedia to uhh
I feel this video is giving a meaningful message in a humorous way.
I have so many houses that every night I have to think about which house to sleep in.
I have so many clothes that I have to always keep on donating them.
I have so much food to eat that I sell it.
I have so much time that I work only 2 months a year.
All of these statements say "I am so rich"
I just want to go to live a minimalist life, but I'm also curious how is university, I'm only 19 , and I don't know what to do anymore, anyway, I want to reconnect to nature someday, live without internet, and in a friendly community, because I would die of lonilines , and the worst part is that I have none to talk to about it
Do you want to talk?
@@raulrus9026wonna talk bout it ?
@@weshivlogs5922 yesss, i feel that nobody thinks that a simple life is a good way to live, everyone wants cars and big Houses. So where do you want to talk, I'd be very happy to talk to someone
Woah thats a good point
This man singlehandedly destroyed capitalism.
What are you talking about?
Lynnerup it means that today, as we live, rich people, businesses, makes you think you have to consume more. The more you consume, the more you will be happy. It’s not. Money can’t buy *longterm happiness* capitalism is the businesses that profits more from you for themselves rather that just for you. So, they make products more expensive you know stuff like that
@@quirky7735 I get your point. And I agree. Also this tard that replied to you is more focused on other things than the point. Tsk tsk.
And Communism. Under Communism you won't have the freedom to live this kind of carefree lifestyle on your own land with your own houses.
Lidya Dirar its more like he destroyed vanity. At least with Capitalism, we always have a CHOICE- to live a vain and material life, or a simple, self-sufficient one. You totally missed the main point and message of this talk.
Im 20 yrs and im orphan and I'm study hard but this video give me hope again i do my self to esier and what i want. God Bless sir ❤❤❤
"I don't wanna be like anyone else, I am number one! " haha love it.
NO ONE LIKE ME THAT WHY LIFE IS ESSAY OR SIMPLE I LIKE IT!! THANKS
This is by far the most enlightening TED talk I've ever listened to.
Absolutely right!
Agreed!
True..
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"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity."
I am literally going to make an awesome photo with this quote
Well put!
Awesome!
The ability to worship money over all else even our humanity
- Thor Heyerdahl
i literally teared up watching this man remind us of how we're really suposed to live life. i cant thank you enough for this video
Life becomes easy when we are content and not greedy...
*Peace of mind is The*
_New Success_
Vickey Mehta but some said being contented is bad because you are being mediocre. Sad really
Then are we not to set goals to achieve more
@@drsareekakatkuriphysiother5376 You can set goals and achieve them but don't sacrifice your happiness and peace of mind for any goal. This is what most of us do..😶
We should remind ourselves that in the end we will have to leave everything behind.
@@drsareekakatkuriphysiother5376 just redirect towards helping people. Cuz what is there to live for? Money? Been there and love is more fulfilling.
He is one of the most civilized people I know. Thank you for this.
Zoe M you're pretty.hey.make my life easier please by being my gf 🙈
Zoe M you are the only one gets his point from what I see in the comments
Watching this video for the third time to get back to my roots. Whenever I forget who I am, I watch it. I wish there was someone like him with me who would keep me away from materialistic things.
Keep yourself away, do not wait to be saved. No body can save you from you.
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Ditto! ❤️
I have been living a very simple life since mid 2017.
Now I have vegetables and fruits, eggs and fish. Next step is to learn how to cook.
Exactly.
I am from Africa of poor farmer families. but i graduated from well known university of my country and working in private foreign company which my basic needs depends on. today i watched this video and learn something new that changed my life. thank you sir,
"The bird make a nest in one or two day, the rat dig a hole in one night, but the clever human like us spend 30 years to have a house" LOL
Absolutely
Yes ofcourse life is easy
Just imagination, Look at a real things. Don't talk like a daydream
rawm yaaj , it's so pity that human made a so expensive building for a dead body. That is "Tajmahal" while there are so many homeless people shivering in cold.
This broken fuckin system..
I think this guy is happy because he trusts himself, relies on himself and lives according to his own standards. Living like this frees you from the never ending cycle of blame and it's inherent process of self induced victim-hood. He's his own man, he might not be everyone's man ... but he's his own man and for that reason I think he is one of the most successful people in the world.
What a well thought out comment Sir.
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Thank you Jezelle
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Great comment👏👏👏
If you compare this man and any rich people in the world... they feel poor
He's a GENIUS
Lol i got reminded of the novel "Super Gene Optimization Fluid" in it when the MC goes into big shots partys he only wears normal clothes but the rich feel poor infront of his aura.
Yeah, the rich have money but lack time while this man is their complete opposite
Well if the rich love their live, maybe it's not that bad
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This is a really nice video. I discovered it years ago when I was in my early teens. I'm 18 and since then I've probably rewatched it dozens of times. I keep coming back to it because he just summarises everything, how I think, how I want to live...and he explains them so simply. It's an amazing video and I hope more people get to see it. I want this video to have billions of views someday
Dude, you found a beautiful msg at a young age. Utilize it. :)
same here, I also watched this in my early teens, now im 20 and still coming back to it from time to time :3
It’s a great lesson and a great reset video. I’ve watched it many many times over the last decade. Many wishes to you in your quest
I'm 10 and I've been watching this video every week since I was 3. It's changed my life
It makes me so happy that so often much of the youth these days seem to be deeper & smarter earlier & earlier. It sincerely gives me hope for the future to see this.
"Questions are more important than answers!"
Jon is the very first person who questions the abnormality of modern life
while others are just struggling to overcome it.
Most of us do not have the Balls to be Bold like this man and just keep it simple.
Watching this almost 10 years later and still the philosophical foundation of my life.
Found this today and i really love the talk, but did it seriously had that much of an impact on your life? I hope i can adapt to it too and change to simple
Holy shi- now that I see this video is, 10 years old
A farmer delivered when of the most profound TEDx talks, wow
MOST "HOW TO GET RICH" SPEAKERS WOULD HATE THIS VIDEO
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@@saileshram7610 this one got me bro lol
@@thevoiceofknowledge176 Do yoy think everything in life is free?
A rich person would love it, at least like it
The line that hits me most is when Jon Jandai says:
"I feel like now is the most uncivilized era of humans in this earth" everything is hard to get. I think this line speaks to most people who are homeless, can't even afford to buy foods, clothes and other necessary things.
There is a real gap between people who benefits more from the resources of earth in which all human beings are entitled to benefit from it without interference. Inequality was born. And now, the more advanced one prevails.
sadly, it's truth
That's capitalism...
That’s actually appalling. Almost the hole human history has been more uncivilized. A lot less people die of hunger these days than ever before (of recorded human history) and people are generally speaking a lot richer than ever before. The whole narrative that the world is getting worse is just completely wrong
@@losclxii316 people have no food in the past was because of wars. Human are capable to live very simply.if it wasn't politics between countries there'll be far less people die. Also how rich countries exploit the poor countries and keep them poor is beyond me.
Most saddening part is that everyone deserves to live happily on this planet as nature comprises of n number of resources but two elements that most of the humans contain are selfishness and jealous. These two things are the reason behind different classes of society and the bottom ones and animals are deprives of livelihood because of those who have upper hand on resources 😢😢
A simple life makes you charming, and a simple heart makes you happy.
However, learning simplicity is anything but simple.
+Winona Lee Just buy apple products, they're all about simplicity.
+Winona Lee Yes, because it is hard to unlearn all that society has taught us. This man learned simplicity growing up. But most of us in Western society were taught complexity from the beginning.
But did he not experience just like us? Besides while he didn't get forced on like poor us, I'm pretty sure we got other benefits as well. Be fair don't play that game of well that person didn't have to go with what I did so I can't do it.
+Winona Lee Simplicity is in your born nature! Every human is born simple. The life that surrounds in witch that human will grow up and the people with whom she/he will communicate, those are the factors that matter if that human will act the same or live the same life like the world around her/him. If you know what I mean.
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Aweh! I love seeing people that think like this and actually live it. Life is easy and beautiful, it's only us who choose to complicate it. Thank you for sharing.
Actually live it part is a bit harder, coming from a society that is brainwashed to obey capitalistic values.
Slowly... slowly but surely.
I had a deadline to submit my project assignment which I was so much tensed and working after my 10 hours of official work. Lack of sleep from a week..
After watching this video, I closed my laptop, jumped on bed and said myself,. "Life is easy"❤️
Will only loose 5marks for late submission... It's not always about grades...
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Updating after 5 days... Got a week's extension and submitted my project with all coolness... 😉😁
Wow, thank you so much!
Wow, thank you so much!
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@@josephafful9848 what is it? im intrigued
And now 10 years after this speech. It is becoming harder for most of us. What a wisdom from this man!!!
Buy a land, live with family/friends, and move off grid.
This man is a human....
I'm impressed with his public speech despite English is not his mother tongue. So confident that grammar was not an issue at all. "Choice to be easy or to be hard. It depends on you"
He's talking about the way that we ALL used to live at one time. People were self-reliant, self-sufficient. Farming, hunting, living in small communities where we knew everybody. The way that we live now is killing us. It's not healthy. It's not the way that we were meant to live.
We have no choice, which sucks.
MeecrobMan unfortunatelly , you have right
Silviu Constantin if you ask me, there should be a 1 child policy for every couple just like china, because our population issue (lots of consumers) appears to be the largest issue aside from limited resources. My advice is to have less sexually focused media, and increase the number of jobs which produce more than they destroy (large amounts of data are required to measure this accurately (obviously infinite data would be preferable but doesn't appear to be an option))
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Yes, does the world really have enough resources to support the amount of people on our planet for the next 100 years?
MeecrobMan we do have a choice. As long as we don't compare our lives with someone else, and know what you really need in life, life can be easy and light.
I had same thought as him when I went to Singapore from Malaysia 12 years back for work, I earned more money but it doesn't make me feel better and happier, even I can buy myself some luxury goods and good food, but I still feel empty deep in my heart, I feel miserable and then I almost sick once for every month. But because my family had a financial issue I try my best to sustain, after 2 years I have decided to go back to my home country which is Malaysia, from that time onwards, I found my very own happiness as a minimalist, I am still practicing it until now, the best part is I found my inner peace, I don't have to be somebody else, I just follow my own path. Inner peace for me is priceless. 😄 I hope everyone can feel it too in one day.
How are u able to have a minimalist lifestyle? Do u live remote?
Wantan mee or nasi lemak or roti canai,thats luxury to our soul
read about Islam. u will understand the purpose
@@bilqueesnoor6336 read about every religion you will find purpose.
inspiring. hope i could or would do the same soon.
He's right, life is simple but the society keep telling us that life is hard and we have to work hard in order to be happy, we work 8 hours a day and then it's bed time for 5 days a week, when weekends comes we cannot enjoy fully because we have to work on monday, our life is just about work and we are all waiting for really short vacations or until we retired to enjoy life, whenever I bring this up people around me keep saying that is how life supposed to be and they keep mentioning how busy they are as busy is their badge, something to be proud of. I think that we must look things the other direction, life could be hard at some points but it doesn't have to last 90% of our life.
I agree! Been there, done that and now having quit my job have realised all the stress was so futile. Life was so much better before it. I feel happy again after a decade since I first began working
Yes I felt this when i worked 40hrs a week. Then i reduced my work to 3 days. It is great having all this extra free time. But everyone asks me "why do i want to work less? What do i need more days off for, arent I bored?" They probably think i'm strange but i think they're the strange ones working so hard to have their expensive house and car. I'd rather stay in my one bed apartment that i can afford and have all my lovely free time 😊
I feel this. I try to tell my family and friends about this all the time, and they look me as I am crazy.
@@pallavichattopadhyay5591 and how were you able to have a good living? how did you have an income?
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🌟 Life is easy, but we make it complicated and hard by chasing external measures of success.
03:15 🌞 Emphasizing work-life balance and having ample free time can lead to greater happiness and self-understanding.
05:09 🏠 Simplifying living arrangements and focusing on self-sufficient practices can make life easier and reduce financial burdens.
08:08 👖 Avoiding unnecessary consumption and following fashion trends leads to greater contentment and freedom.
10:03 🤒 Rethinking sickness as a reminder to correct our actions and using natural remedies can lead to a healthier life.
11:02 🌱 Creating learning centers and focusing on essential needs like food, shelter, clothing, and medicine is vital for a civilized society.
13:29 🌏 Modern society's pursuit of success and material possessions has led to uncivilized and unsustainable living.
14:55 🤷 Choosing to live a simple, easy, and light life is a personal choice, irrespective of others' opinions.
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You just made it complicated.
I agree with all of the above except for "natural remedies."
Although, I enjoy modern medicine.
However, I wish for Distributionism.
*if you can make life hard, you can make it easy*
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Yay someone got my reference
@@the1betterpodcast84 Me too!
How, in America, can you just pick a spot and build a house? Live free? No more squatting rights anywhere? Have to have money. Have to have too much. Just to exist. Not fair. Not right. It is slavery. I feel like my Irish forefathers that were slaves here in America. Can't bee free from all that is expected of ANYONE in this society. And who else would have me? Let me just live as I see fit so long as I bother no one else? So sad. I didn't ask for this life. I was programmed into it and don't know anything different.
AmericaninAustralia. Not that easily though huh? Not that easily at all.
He simply waked me up from sleeping! He deserves more applause and respect. May God bless that guy
I started clapping though I am watching it on my phone
The most intelligent, enlightened TED speaker I have ever heard. Amazing
Wow.. what a man he is...superb speech, hats off to him
I vote this guy for president of the world.
+CzechRiot That would be wonderful
+Annebel Bunt without smart phone, no computer, no internet and we come back to Stone Age for sure.
No, he is not going to forbid such things.
That would make his life more complicated.
@@ozyohz5071 stone age people were very smart, they built stone henge, Pyramids, etc etc...
"When everyone is sick, we no longer consider it a disease"
~Naval Ravikant
When I hear his voice, I become calm and happy. This video is a blessing to me.
Thanks so much, my friend...! I'm 74 now, but still living like that!❤️