Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: Kétezer gyászjelentés tanulsága
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,
a Stanford Egyetem campusán,
jogging there as well.
szintén ott kocogó nőre.
from side to side like that?
olyan jellegzetesen balról jobbra?
he set out to understand why.
a válasz nyomába eredt.
about many things:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
hallottam először Kellerről.
of editorial dedicated to him,
for a newspaper of their stature.
legértékesebb felület egy ekkora lapban.
elolvasom a gyászjelentéseket.
I'm rather morbid
and a "Let's see who died today."
kezdem a napot: "Lássuk, ki halt meg ma!"
is usually bad news,
a rossz híreket olvashatjuk,
cues accomplishment
in the obituaries.
on future insights
kikövetkeztethető
from past data --
to obituaries from the New York Times?
tartanánk a New York Times gyászhírei elé?
your obituary featured --
kapjunk a gyászhírek között,
nem fizetett gyászhírt vizsgáltunk
between 2015 and 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
vagy inkább életből?
gyászhíréből van.
worded descriptor
címsor marad,
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
összefoglalni egy élet teljesítményét.
people who died in the last two years.
akik az elmúlt 2 évben haltak meg.
natural language processing,
vetettük alá őket,
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
elmutogatni a szókitaláló játékban –,
significant words.
and of course, art, are huge.
és persze a művészetek tarolnak.
why in so many societies
sok társadalomban,
engineering or medicine or business or law
üzletembernek vagy jogásznak álljanak,
they achieved things.
az emberek elértek valamit.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
that you're remembered for --
die at the age of 81 --
your stride in your 20s.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
első és néha egyetlen fontos tettüket.
amit az emberek csinálnak,
more than just a descriptor.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
betápláltuk a programba,
for two groups of people:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
Zaha Hadid,
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
mint Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
még sosem hallottak.
but they're not famous.
nyújtottak, de nem híresek.
these two groups separately --
elemezzük a két csoportot –
should thank your parents --
ha Johnnak hívják önöket –,
your obituary when you're gone.
hogy vágják ki a nekrológjukat.
from lives well-led,
ezekből a jól élt életekből,
in print could teach us.
a halhatatlanná vált emberektől.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
az élet végtelen gazdagságáról,
majority of obituaries
vittek véghez.
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
amint kilépnek az ajtón:
a társadalmat?
trying to be famous in death,
hogy halálában híres legyen,
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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