Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: Mitä 2000 kuolinilmoitusta opettivat minulle
Lux Narayan is a perpetual learner of various things -- from origami and molecular gastronomy to stand-up and improv comedy. Full bio
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around the Stanford campus,
hölkätä Stanfordin kampuksella
jogging there as well.
siellä hölkkäävät naiset.
from side to side like that?
heiluivat puolelta toiselle?
he set out to understand why.
ryhtyi selvittämään asiaa.
about many things:
kiinnosti moni asia:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
Joseph Kelleristä.
of editorial dedicated to him,
puolen sivun päätoimitus,
for a newspaper of their stature.
sen tasoisessa lehdessä.
I'm rather morbid
että olen aika kammottava,
and a "Let's see who died today."
ja sanon "Katsotaanpa kuka tänään kuoli."
is usually bad news,
yleensä huonoihin uutisiin
cues accomplishment
onnistumisiin
in the obituaries.
on future insights
tulevaisuuden oivalluksiin,
from past data --
menneen datasta --
to obituaries from the New York Times?
New York Timesin kuolinilmoitukset?
your obituary featured --
saa pinnalle --
munakokkelin kanssa?
ei-maksettua kuolinilmoitusta
between 2015 and 2016.
vuoden 2015 ja 2016 välillä.
rather, lives -- teach us?
tai pikemminkin elämää -- opettivat?
worded descriptor
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
tiivistää saavutus tai elämänaika.
people who died in the last two years.
jotka kuolivat kahtena viime vuonna.
natural language processing,
luonnollisen kielen prosessointia,
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
significant words.
and of course, art, are huge.
ja totta kai taide olivat iso asia.
why in so many societies
niin monessa yhteiskunnassa
engineering or medicine or business or law
lääketieteeseen, talouteen tai lakiin,
they achieved things.
saavuttivat jotain.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
37 vuotta
that you're remembered for --
josta sinut muistetaan --
die at the age of 81 --
kuolee 81-vuotiaana --
your stride in your 20s.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
ainoan ihailtavan tekonsa nelikymppisinä.
se mitä teemme
more than just a descriptor.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
kaikista 2000 muistokirjoituksesta
for two groups of people:
kahdelle ryhmälle:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
Zaha Hadid --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
heidän nimiään.
but they're not famous.
mutta ei-kuuluisia.
these two groups separately --
analysoidaan erikseen --
should thank your parents --
voivat kiittää vanhempiaan --
your obituary when you're gone.
muistokirjoituksen.
from lives well-led,
hyvin eletyistä elämistä
in print could teach us.
voivat opettaa meille.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
elämän kaleidoskoopille,
majority of obituaries
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
kun palaatte arkielämäänne:
auttamaan yhteiskuntaa?
tässä on se,
trying to be famous in death,
olla kuuluisia kuoltuaan,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lux Narayan - EntrepreneurLux Narayan is a perpetual learner of various things -- from origami and molecular gastronomy to stand-up and improv comedy.
Why you should listen
Lakshmanan aka Lux Narayan mans the helm of Unmetric, a social media intelligence company that helps digital marketers, social media analysts, and content creators harness social signals to track and analyze competitive content and campaigns, and to create better content and campaigns of their own.
Prior to founding Unmetric, Narayan was a co-founder at Vembu Technologies, an online data backup company. He also helped found and volunteered at ShareMyCake, a non-profit started by his wife that focuses on encouraging children to use their birthdays to channel monetary support towards a cause of their choosing.
As Unmetric's CEO, he leads a team of 70 people distributed across the company's operations in Chennai and New York City.
Outside of work, he is a perpetual learner of various things -- from origami and molecular gastronomy to stand-up and improv comedy. He enjoys reading obituaries and other non-fiction and watching documentaries with bad ratings. Narayan makes time every year for trekking in the Himalayas or scuba diving in tropical waters, and once he learns to fly, he hopes to spend more time off land than on it.
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