Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
לוקס נראיאן: מה למדתי מ 2000 הספדים לוקס נראיאן
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,
סביב הקמפוס של סטנפורד,
jogging there as well.
מכל הנשים שגם רצות בפארק
from side to side like that?
he set out to understand why.
about many things:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
לא שמעתי על פרופסור ג׳וזף קלר,
of editorial dedicated to him,
for a newspaper of their stature.
I'm rather morbid
and a "Let's see who died today."
ועם "בואו נראה מי מת היום."
is usually bad news,
בדרך כלל חדשות רעות,
cues accomplishment
in the obituaries.
on future insights
from past data --
to obituaries from the New York Times?
להספדים מהניו יורק טיימס
your obituary featured --
לגבי אופן ההספדים עליכם?
כדי ליהנות מהם?
between 2015 and 2016.
בשנים 2015 - 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
תקופות חיים, ללמד אותנו?
worded descriptor
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
הישגים של חיים שלמים
people who died in the last two years.
בשנתיים האחרונות
natural language processing,
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
שאפשר בקלות לחקות ב"חידונים,
significant words.
and of course, art, are huge.
וכמובן אמנות מופיעים הרבה מאוד.
why in so many societies
מדוע בכל כך הרבה אוכלוסיות
engineering or medicine or business or law
או רפואה, או מנהל עסקים, או משפטים
they achieved things.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
that you're remembered for --
יזכרו אתכם --
die at the age of 81 --
your stride in your 20s.
לעולם הכיפי של הפוליטיקה.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
ואולי יחיד, באמצע שנות ה-40 שלהם.
more than just a descriptor.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
של כל 2000 ההספדים,
for two groups of people:
עבור 2 קבוצות של אנשים:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
but they're not famous.
אבל הם לא מפורסמים.
these two groups separately --
שתי קבוצות אלו בנפרד --
should thank your parents --
צריך להודות להוריו
your obituary when you're gone.
את ההספדים עליכם כשכבר לא תהיו יותר.
from lives well-led,
in print could teach us.
יכולים ללמד אותנו.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
לקליידוסקופ שהוא החיים,
majority of obituaries
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
כשאתם חוזרים לחיי היומיום שלכם
כדי לעזור לחברה?
trying to be famous in death,
חייהם בנסיון להתפרסם לאחר מותם,
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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