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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.33,0:00:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, first I would like to wish\Nall the ladies a happy Women's Day
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.33,0:00:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because today\Nis International Women's Day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.98,0:00:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that it was
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.17,0:00:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jean-Marc Reiser who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.89,0:00:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Women who want to be equal to men
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.47,0:00:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are seriously lacking in ambition."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.58,0:00:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have been a lawyer\Nsince the dawn of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.08,0:00:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tax lawyer, a business lawyer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.46,0:00:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eight years ago,\Nwhen my clients phoned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:00:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, "I've got this or that problem,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.25,0:00:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to say "I don't care."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to myself, perhaps it was a sign\Nthat I should change something in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.33,0:01:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think\Nwhen you are no longer enthusiastic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.08,0:01:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is clearly a sign that you need\Nto change something in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.88,0:01:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, you know\Nwhere the word "enthusiasm" comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.75,0:01:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes from the Greek "enthousiasmos"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.92,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which literally means\N"in the breath of the divine".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously that is not religious,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.59,0:01:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could say that it is\Nthe breath of transcendence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.12,0:01:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is true that, sometimes,\NI practice tax law
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.63,0:01:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that is a little bit unusual,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.21,0:01:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I remember that 25 years ago,\Na lawyer phoned me saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.50,0:01:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Luc, I've got a big problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.54,0:01:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very rich client is being horribly\Nblackmailed by his daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.12,0:01:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has also stolen\Na lot of money from him, etc."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.50,0:01:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to her, "OK,\Nbring your client to see me."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.84,0:01:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this very upset 80-year-old man came,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.46,0:01:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sir, we must arrange\Neverything in Liechtenstein
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Caymans, in Luxembourg,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.54,0:02:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my daughter is going to steal it all,\Nshe is blackmailing me," etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.63,0:02:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I let him go on\Nlike a crazy horse at full gallop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.08,0:02:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't interrupt\Nhim again for ten minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.71,0:02:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After ten minutes,\NI calmly interrupted him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.29,0:02:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in his head,\Nhe had come to see a tax lawyer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.83,0:02:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Sir, do you not think
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.75,0:02:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all the money\Nyour daughter is stealing from you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.42,0:02:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nothing more\Nthan a symbol of the love
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.75,0:02:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have never given her?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.08,0:02:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His lawyer was shocked,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.38,0:02:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the client didn't hear me\Nand carried straight on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.58,0:02:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tally-ho, tally-ho!\NLiechtenstein! Cayman!", etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.83,0:02:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I let him continue,\Nand I didn't interrupt him again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.92,0:02:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after quarter of an hour\Nhe stopped, and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.63,0:02:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All the same, Sir,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.79,0:02:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you said to me\Njust now strikes a chord.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.25,0:02:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that I've never given\Nmy daughter a second glance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.92,0:02:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was always away on business,\NI looked after my business," etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.98,0:03:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on leaving my office,\Nthis client had a wonderful impulse:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.42,0:03:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he phoned his daughter\Nand invited her to dinner that evening,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.50,0:03:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he apologized to her\Nfor all the harm he had done her.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.58,0:03:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man never again suffered\Nfrom the least bit of blackmail or theft.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.38,0:03:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, for several years now,\NI have given a course in business law
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.46,0:03:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a Business School in Brussels.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.12,0:03:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I like to tell\Nthe story of the stonemason,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.38,0:03:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you no doubt know, but just in case\Nthere is someone who doesn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.76,0:03:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will tell it all the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.79,0:03:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the story of a man\Nwho passed a Cathedral,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.25,0:03:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he saw three workmen\Nbusy dressing stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.79,0:03:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked the first,\N"What are you doing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.71,0:03:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Me, Sir, as you can see,\NI'm busy dressing a stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.50,0:03:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a terrible job, you don't earn\Nmuch money, it's dreadful," etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.04,0:03:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he passed the second man\Nwho was a little less sulky,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.29,0:03:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who said, "I'm dressing a stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.46,0:03:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also dress stones,\Nbut actually it's quite good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.75,0:04:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in the fresh air, and I make\Na living and can feed my children."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.17,0:04:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third man was doing\Nthe same as the others.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.67,0:04:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked what he was doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.04,0:04:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sir, you can see\NI'm busy building a cathedral!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.58,0:04:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was very happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.77,0:04:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I explained to my students
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.46,0:04:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here are three workmen\Ndoing exactly the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.96,0:04:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the question\Nis not what they are doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.29,0:04:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in what state of mind\Nthey are doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.42,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "You, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.83,0:04:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do you want to be a sales engineer\Nor to get a degree in consular studies?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.96,0:04:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think I'm a bit crazy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.88,0:04:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm giving a class\Nin business law,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.17,0:04:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hear from the back of the class\N"For the dough!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.96,0:04:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, "OK, let's talk about that a bit,\Nwhat does money mean to you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.63,0:04:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you might think\Nthat money is an inert substance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.54,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you will try to get as much\Nas possible of to soothe your worries.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What worries?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.58,0:04:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, firstly the worry about\Nthe finite nature of your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.88,0:04:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you know, money is a number\Nand by definition, numbers are infinite.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.25,0:04:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to ward off your worries about\Nthe finite nature of your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.79,0:05:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may be tempted to accumulate\Nas much money as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.34,0:05:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"However," I say,\N"Think of money as energy."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.21,0:05:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A beautiful energy\Nif you do beautiful things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.79,0:05:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for or with money, a repulsive energy\Nif you do repulsive things for or with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.08,0:05:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now I am on sabbatical,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.63,0:05:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I have created\Nthis association called
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.96,0:05:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the League of Optimists\Nof the Kingdom of Belgium
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.17,0:05:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- it's a bit surrealist -\Nit's a bit Belgian.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.38,0:05:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the idea behind it is to create,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.96,0:05:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say with a bit\Nof lightheartedness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.63,0:05:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an idea that is\Nmore serious than it seems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.94,0:05:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.17,0:05:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll try to... Ah, there...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.96,0:06:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is to say, "I am the master\Nof my thoughts and not the opposite."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.46,0:06:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I am master of my thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.88,0:06:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undoubtedly... - oh never mind
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.50,0:06:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I am the master of my thoughts,\NI am a responsible person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.33,0:06:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have this responsibility,\NI am responsible for my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.54,0:06:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my environment and for the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.42,0:06:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the idea behind it\Nis to say that optimism
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.17,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an innate ability to be happy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.50,0:06:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will liberate us\Nfrom all painful problems
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.21,0:06:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and great sorrows of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.92,0:06:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Optimism stems\Nfrom a decision and discipline,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.21,0:06:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it also forms the basis\Nof each person's responsibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.50,0:06:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is to say that if we want\Nthe world to be a better place,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.63,0:06:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone is going to have to get involved
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.00,0:06:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that is the fundamental idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.12,0:06:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you know, we have, I want to say\Nwe have heard a lot today,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.17,0:07:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people talk a lot about the crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.04,0:07:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This crisis is of course a difficult\Nand painful economic crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.08,0:07:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is probably and may still be\Na crisis of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.63,0:07:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is to say that we have\Nsuccessfully learnt how to make things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.92,0:07:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The technological advances\Nof the last few years have been rapid
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.13,0:07:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the areas of IT, of technology, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.63,0:07:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the problem is\Nthat we no longer know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.08,0:07:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the question of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.48,0:07:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have created this association,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.33,0:07:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the League of Optimists\Nof the Kingdom of Belgium,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.88,0:07:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which now has 5,000 members in Belgium.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.79,0:07:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have created\Nlarge and small sister organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.46,0:07:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notably in the Netherlands, Germany,\Nin your country, France,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.63,0:07:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but notably with France Roque, Philippe\NGabilliet, Jean d'Ormesson, Erik Orsenna,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.21,0:07:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthieu Ricard, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt,\Nand Jean-Michel Guenassia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.00,0:08:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Switzerland, Monaco, and Benin,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.33,0:08:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are busy at the moment,\Nand also in Spain,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.54,0:08:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are now busy with Norway, Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.17,0:08:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congo, Congo-Brazzaville,\Nand a dozen countries in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.42,0:08:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have formed\Nan international organization
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.46,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is called Optimists Without Borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moreover, whose current\Npresident is French.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.75,0:08:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is that every two years\Nthe Presidency will change,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.17,0:08:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that will constitute\Nthe concept of Optimistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.21,0:08:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is Optimistan?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.63,0:08:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Optimistan is\Na metaphorical State, a poetic state,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.96,0:08:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a new state of conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.92,0:08:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to this quote\Nby Teilhard de Chardin,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.00,0:08:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As the world becomes more complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.54,0:08:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so its level of consciousness\Nmust be raised."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.46,0:08:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the idea that we have come up with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.88,0:08:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to say, "Let us create together\Na new state of conscience,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.25,0:08:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and furthermore,\Nall citizens of Optimistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.33,0:08:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is to say all members\Nof all the Associations of Optimists,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.84,0:09:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will soon receive,\Na real Optimistan Passport
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.38,0:09:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will a QR code that will enable us\Nto contact each of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.42,0:09:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for me, optimism is not\Njust the opposite of pessimism.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.88,0:09:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that it is even more\Nthe opposite of cynicism.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.88,0:09:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cynicism is an absolute plague,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.21,0:09:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I truly think that today
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.17,0:09:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world is developing\Nin an extremely cynical fashion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.00,0:09:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Financial capitalism\Nhas become absolutely cynical.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.67,0:09:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that the world\Nwe have constructed here in the West,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.21,0:09:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this world of money, must be destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.25,0:09:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, in fact,\Nthat it will die of its cynicism
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.21,0:09:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same way that\Ncommunism died of its cynicism,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.58,0:09:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it does not change, and soon,\Ntowards more fraternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.71,0:10:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that at heart,\Noptimism is also this realization
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.67,0:10:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are all linked together\Nand that we are also linked to the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.29,0:10:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think that the idea\Nis still to revitalize life
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.58,0:10:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop us from becoming\Nlike vermin on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.63,0:10:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what I want to do myself is,\Nat least, take part in a small way,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.19,0:10:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the re-enchantment of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.33,0:10:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That seems to me to be\Nan absolutely fundamental task.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.92,0:10:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that, if you like,\Nwe have today...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.08,0:10:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have well understood how to do things,\Nbut now, we must remind ourselves of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.79,0:10:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, we also have a big project,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.63,0:10:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a school for shareholders:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.83,0:10:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Optimistan Share Holder School.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.71,0:10:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why an Optimistan Share Holder School?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.04,0:10:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well because, you know,\Na long time ago people told me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.92,0:11:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I absolutely should create\Nan Optimistan Business School.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.13,0:11:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a problem with Business Schools
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.96,0:11:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which teach that the goal\Nof business is to make a profit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.79,0:11:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that that is once again\Na manifestation of cynicism.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.71,0:11:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that the goal\Nof business is not profit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.29,0:11:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal of business\Nis doing the right thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.46,0:11:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for humanity and for the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.29,0:11:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that profit must be\Nthe necessary consequence of business.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.08,0:11:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously profit is absolutely necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.08,0:11:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is in fact there to ensure\Nthe survival of the business,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.57,0:11:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it cannot be the goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.27,0:11:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, what I would like is\Nto talk, in a manner of speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.96,0:11:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those people who truly have\Nthe power to take decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.12,0:11:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because unfortunately, I have noticed\Nthat many managers behave
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.04,0:12:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say, like true mercenaries
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.33,0:12:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who become more and more greedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.08,0:12:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, quite frankly, I can no longer stand\Nlistening to shareholders saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.67,0:12:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but we provide\Njobs for the workers."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.79,0:12:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never heard a worker say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.17,0:12:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but I provide a dividend\Nfor my shareholders."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.96,0:12:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I say no, it is not the shareholders
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.60,0:12:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who give jobs to the workers or employees.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.58,0:12:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is businesses who give
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.67,0:12:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the proceeds of work to one group\Nand the proceeds of shares to the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.67,0:12:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not one group that creates work\Nand another that creates wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.61,0:12:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.79,0:12:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think\Nthat we must reflect, really...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.79,0:12:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must rethink, I would say
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.92,0:12:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fundamental question\Nof business conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.04,0:13:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is a lot of talk,\Nabout business culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.71,0:13:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not much about business conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.50,0:13:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I think that it is\Nabsolutely necessary to think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.33,0:13:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I truly believe\Nthat financial capitalism today
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.92,0:13:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it is, as it changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.83,0:13:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, it can do nothing more for humankind
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.29,0:13:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, in my opinion, we live
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.12,0:13:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what is still one of the most\Nprosperous part of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.88,0:13:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and well, I say that we have invented\Nthis financial capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.42,0:13:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must think here, we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.63,0:13:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say an urgent responsibility\Nto invent a new model of society
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.21,0:13:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would work\Nif it were applied to the whole world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.50,0:13:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really like this quote\Nfrom Immanuel Kant, who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.79,0:13:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We should act in such a way\Nthe world order would not be disturbed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.08,0:13:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if everyone acted as we act."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.88,0:13:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the situation is such\Nthat if the whole world started to live
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.59,0:13:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the model\Nof overproduction and over-consumption
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.42,0:14:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of goods which add little happiness\Nwhich we have invented here,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.71,0:14:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, life on Earth would\Nno longer be possible for our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.84,0:14:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question I ask is\Nis that what we want?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.96,0:14:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't. And if I don't want that,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.17,0:14:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that parents in Congo,\NNew York, Argentina, Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.33,0:14:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also have the right to want
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.12,0:14:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life to still be possible\Nfor their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.67,0:14:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think that we who have,\Nwho live on this part of the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.17,0:14:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have an educated population,\Nwhere, I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.96,0:14:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poverty is still\Nunder control... perhaps...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.75,0:14:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I say that we also have\Nthe responsibility to invent a new model.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.54,0:14:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, that my proposal.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.50,0:14:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a new state of conscience,\Nand I think that if we regroup,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.96,0:14:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if everyone works together,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.38,0:14:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can really bring forth\Na new way of living together
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.08,0:15:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, in my opinion,\Nwill be much happier,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.21,0:15:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, inevitably, will be a little bit--
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.12,0:15:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will free up lots of energy,\Nand there you have my proposal.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.38,0:15:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The League of Optimists in Belgium
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.46,0:15:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has organized lots of conferences
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.75,0:15:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after each conference,\Nthere is always a little reception
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.67,0:15:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I know\NI'm about to be interrupted,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.08,0:15:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have been very patient up to now,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.00,0:15:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have been very good,\Nit is very, very good,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.54,0:15:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, in fact, what I ask every time\Nis that everyone who attends the reception
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.29,0:15:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should not leave\Nuntil they have spoken to three people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.12,0:15:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they did not know before.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.04,0:15:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.33,0:15:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)