Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Люкс Нараян: Чого мене навчили 2 000 некрологів
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,
Стенфордського університету
jogging there as well.
from side to side like that?
як ось тут?
he set out to understand why.
відповідь на це запитання.
about many things:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
не знав, хто такий Джозеф Келлер.
of editorial dedicated to him,
на першій шпальті.
for a newspaper of their stature.
місце в газеті такого масштабу.
I'm rather morbid
цілком похмурим типом,
and a "Let's see who died today."
"Давай подивимось, хто сьогодні помер".
is usually bad news,
публікують погані новини
cues accomplishment
сигналізують досягнення хіба що
in the obituaries.
on future insights
виявленням майбутніх трендів,
from past data --
витягти з уже наявних -
дзеркало заднього виду.
to obituaries from the New York Times?
колонці некрологів New York Times?
your obituary featured --
некролог про себе,
не зможете ним помилуватись?
на передніх шпальтах
between 2015 and 2016.
2016 роками.
rather, lives -- teach us?
чому вони нас навчили ?
worded descriptor
сформульоване описання,
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
досягнення в двох словах.
некрологи дивовижно.
people who died in the last two years.
які померли за останні два роки.
natural language processing,
природної мови,
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
можна легко грати в "Шаради",
significant words.
цих чотирьох,
and of course, art, are huge.
звичайно, мистецтво - домінують.
why in so many societies
товариствах вважається,
engineering or medicine or business or law
лікарями, бізнесменами чи юристами,
they achieved things.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
почекати 37 років...
that you're remembered for --
за котре вас будуть згадувати -
die at the age of 81 --
помрете у віці 81 рік -
залежать від професії.
your stride in your 20s.
веселого світу політики.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
помітний успіх лише між 40-50 роками.
more than just a descriptor.
ніж просто вступ.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
2 000 некрологів
for two groups of people:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
публіці, такі як Джоселін Купер,
of most of their names.
що ви не чули більшості цих імен.
but they're not famous.
досягнення, але вони нам не відомі.
these two groups separately --
закономірності.
should thank your parents --
повинен дякувати своїм батькам...
your obituary when you're gone.
щоб вони не писали ваш некролог, коли ви помрете.
from lives well-led,
уроків із життя відомих людей,
in print could teach us.
навчити нас багато чого.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
унікальності калейдоскопа нашого життя,
majority of obituaries
більшість некрологів
та простим людям,
in the fabric of life.
внесок у наше життя.
back to your daily lives:
повсякденних справ, запитайте себе:
щоб допомогти людству?"
trying to be famous in death,
життя так, щоб їх пам'ятали після смерті,
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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