Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
لوكس نارايان: ما تعلمته من 2000 نعي
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,
حول حرم جامعة ستانفورد،
jogging there as well.
اللواتي يهرولن هناك أيضًا.
from side to side like that?
he set out to understand why.
أراد أن يفهم السبب.
about many things:
بالفضول حيال أشياء كثيرة:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
لم أسمع عن (جوزيف كيلر).
of editorial dedicated to him,
for a newspaper of their stature.
لجريدة في قامتها.
I'm rather morbid
مصاب بحالة مَرَضية
and a "Let's see who died today."
و "لنر من توفي اليوم."
is usually bad news,
عادةً ما تحتوي على أخبار سيئة،
cues accomplishment
تشير إلى الإنجازات
in the obituaries.
في قسم النعي.
on future insights
تكوين رؤى مستقبلية
from past data --
يستنبطوها من البيانات القديمة --
to obituaries from the New York Times?
من صحيفة نيويورك تايمز؟
your obituary featured --
الحصول على شكل نعْيِك--
between 2015 and 2016.
بين عامي 2015 و 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
أو بالأحرى هذه الحيوات؟
worded descriptor
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
أن يلخص إنجازعظيم أو حياة كاملة.
people who died in the last two years.
ممن توفوا في العامين الأخيرين.
natural language processing,
معالجة اللغة الطبيعية،
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
من محاكاتها بسهولة في "الألغاز" --
significant words.
and of course, art, are huge.
والرقص وبالطبع الفن نسبتها كبيرة.
why in so many societies
engineering or medicine or business or law
الهندسة أو الطب أو الأعمال أو الحقوق
they achieved things.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
that you're remembered for --
ليتذكرك الناس به --
die at the age of 81 --
your stride in your 20s.
في العشرينات من عمرك.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
وأحيانًا الوحيدة في منتصف الأربعينات.
more than just a descriptor.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
من الألفي نعي،
for two groups of people:
لمجموعتين من الناس:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
و (زاها حديد) --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
but they're not famous.
و مع ذلك ليسوا مشهورين.
these two groups separately --
هاتين المجموعتين كل على حدى --
should thank your parents --
عليه أن يشكر أبويه --
your obituary when you're gone.
نعْيَكم عند وفاتكم.
from lives well-led,
المستفادة من حياة ناس تركوا بصمة،
in print could teach us.
المخلَّدين في الصحف.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
على متغيرات الحياة،
majority of obituaries
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
trying to be famous in death,
محاولين أن يكونوا مشهورين عند موتهم،
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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