Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: Ce que j'ai appris de 2 000 nécrologies
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,
autour du campus de Stanford
jogging there as well.
qui couraient là également.
from side to side like that?
se balançait-elle d'un côté à l'autre ?
he set out to understand why.
il prévoyait de le comprendre.
sur plein de sujets :
about many things:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
je ne connaissais pas Joseph Keller.
dans le New York Times,
of editorial dedicated to him,
une demi page d'éditorial,
for a newspaper of their stature.
pour un journal d'une telle stature.
quotidiennement.
I'm rather morbid
pense que je suis morbide
and a "Let's see who died today."
et un « voyons qui est mort aujourd'hui ».
is usually bad news,
pleine de mauvaises nouvelles
cues accomplishment
signalant un accomplissement
in the obituaries.
dans la nécrologie.
on future insights
de données passées --
from past data --
to obituaries from the New York Times?
aux nécrologies du New York Times ?
your obituary featured --
sa nécrologie soit présentée --
between 2015 and 2016.
entre 2015 et 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
ou plutôt vies -- nous ont appris ?
worded descriptor
joliment mis en mots
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
de capturer un accomplissement ou une vie.
people who died in the last two years.
sur les deux dernières années.
natural language processing,
du langage naturel :
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
pouvant être mimés facilement --
significant words.
les plus significatifs.
que pour ces quatre
and of course, art, are huge.
et, bien sûr, art sont très utilisés.
why in so many societies
pourquoi dans tant de sociétés,
engineering or medicine or business or law
étudient l’ingénierie, la médecine,
they achieved things.
ils ont accompli quelque chose.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
attendre 37 ans...
that you're remembered for --
significatif dont on se souviendra --
die at the age of 81 --
à l'âge de 81 ans --
your stride in your 20s.
à la vingtaine.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
parfois seul, acte mémorable vers 45 ans.
ce que les gens font
nous nous souvenons d'eux ?
more than just a descriptor.
plus que le descripteur.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
des 2 000 nécrologies
for two groups of people:
pour deux groupes de personnes :
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
Prince, Ali, Zaha Hadid.
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
la majorité de ces noms.
but they're not famous.
des accomplissements fantastiques
these two groups separately --
ces deux groupes séparément --
should thank your parents --
devrait remercier ses parents --
your obituary when you're gone.
votre nécrologie après votre mort.
from lives well-led,
de vies bien vécues
in print could teach us.
immortalisées dans les journaux.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
du kaléidoscope qu'est la vie
majority of obituaries
célèbres ou non,
in the fabric of life.
dans l'étoffe de la vie.
back to your daily lives:
en reprenant vos vies quotidiennes :
pour aider la société ?
trying to be famous in death,
à essayer d'être célèbre après la mort,
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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