Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: O que eu aprendi de 2 mil obituários
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,
ao redor do campus de Stanford,
as mulheres que corriam lá.
jogging there as well.
from side to side like that?
balançavam de um lado para o outro?
ele decidiu entender o porquê.
he set out to understand why.
about many things:
curioso por tantas coisas:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
tinha ouvido falar de Joseph Keller.
of editorial dedicated to him,
dedicado a ele no Times
for a newspaper of their stature.
para um jornal desta estatura.
I'm rather morbid
me acha um pouco mórbido
and a "Let's see who died today."
e um: "Vamos ver quem morreu hoje".
is usually bad news,
normalmente, só tem notícias ruins,
cues accomplishment
destacam feitos pessoais
in the obituaries.
on future insights
que foca as perspectivas futuras
from past data --
de dados antigos,
to obituaries from the New York Times?
nos obituários do New York Times?
your obituary featured --
seu obituário em destaque,
por perto para usufruí-lo?
de obituários gratuitos,
between 2015 and 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
ou melhor, vidas, nos ensinam?
worded descriptor
muito boa e bem redigida
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
resumir uma conquista ou uma vida.
people who died in the last two years.
que morreram nos últimos dois anos.
natural language processing,
natural da linguagem,
palavras supérfluas como "o", "e",
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
de fazer num jogo de mímica,
significant words.
mas com todas as 2 mil descrições.
and of course, art, are huge.
e claro artes, são enormes.
por que em tantas sociedades
why in so many societies
engineering or medicine or business or law
engenharia, medicina, gestão ou advocacia
vejamos a idade:
they achieved things.
deve esperar 37 anos
you've got to wait 37 years ...
that you're remembered for --
pelo qual será lembrado
quando morrer, na idade de 81 anos
die at the age of 81 --
baterá o seu grande recorde aos 20 anos
your stride in your 20s.
mundo da política.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
que presta a partir dos seus 40 anos.
e as coisas pelas quais são lembradas?
more than just a descriptor.
mais do que apenas uma descrição.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
na íntegra de todos os 2 mil obituários,
for two groups of people:
para dois grupos de pessoas:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
a maioria desses nomes.
of most of their names.
but they're not famous.
fantásticos, mas que não são famosas.
these two groups separately --
separadamente,
should thank your parents --
deveria agradecer aos pais...
your obituary when you're gone.
o seu obituário quando você morrer.
de vidas bem vividas,
from lives well-led,
in print could teach us.
no papel podem nos ensinar.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
para o caleidoscópio que é a vida.
majority of obituaries
havia celebridades e anônimos
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
para ajudar a sociedade?
trying to be famous in death,
tentando ser famosos na morte,
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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