Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: Apa yang saya pelajari dari 2.000 berita kematian
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,
di sekitar kampus Stanford,
jogging there as well.
yang juga jogging di sana.
from side to side like that?
berayun dari sisi ke sisi seperti itu?
he set out to understand why.
dia mulai mengerti alasannya.
about many things:
banyak hal:
sampai beberapa bulan lalu.
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
di koran New York Times,
of editorial dedicated to him,
editorial yang didekasikan untuk dirinya,
for a newspaper of their stature.
tempat spesial bagi sebuah koran bermutu.
hampir setiap hari.
I'm rather morbid
"Ayo lihat siapa yang meninggal hari ini."
and a "Let's see who died today."
is usually bad news,
biasanya selalu tentang berita buruk,
menandakan keberhasilan
cues accomplishment
in the obituaries.
pada bagian berita kematian.
pada wawasan masa depan
on future insights
from past data --
dari data masa lalu
to obituaries from the New York Times?
pada berita kematian di koran tersebut?
your obituary featured --
untuk memajang berita kematian
dengan telur orak arik?
non-berbayar
between 2015 and 2016.
di antara 2015 dan 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
kehidupan -- ajarkan untuk kita?
worded descriptor
kata-kata deskriptor yang indah.
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
menggambarkan pencapaian-perjalanan hidup.
yang meninggal dalam dua tahun terakhir.
people who died in the last two years.
deskriptor-deskritor ini
natural language processing,
ke dalam program,
kata-kata yang tak berguna --
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
ditiru di "Charades," --
yang paling penting.
significant words.
empat deskriptor ini
and of course, art, are huge.
dan tentu saja, seni, sangat besar.
why in so many societies
mengapa dalam kebanyakan masyarakat
engineering or medicine or business or law
teknik, kedokteran, bisnis atau hukum
they achieved things.
mencapai sesuatu.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
Anda harus menunggu 37 tahun ...
that you're remembered for --
yang Anda ingat --
meninggal pada umur 81 --
die at the age of 81 --
your stride in your 20s.
di umur 20-an.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
satu-satunya hal terpuji pada umur 40-an.
hal yang orang lakukan
more than just a descriptor.
lebih dari sekadar deskriptor.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
dari seluruh 2.000 berita kematian,
for two groups of people:
secara terpisah dalam 2 kelompok:
and people that are not famous.
dan orang yang tidak terkenal.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
adalah orang-orang seperti Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
mendengar nama-nama mereka.
but they're not famous.
namun mereka tidak terkenal.
dua kelompok ini secara terpisah --
these two groups separately --
should thank your parents --
perlu berterima kasih pada orang tua
your obituary when you're gone.
berita kematian Anda
from lives well-led,
dari kehidupan yang dilalui dengan baik,
in print could teach us.
orang-orang itu,
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
untuk kaleidoskop hidup,
majority of obituaries
kebanyakan berita kematian
dan orang yang tidak terkenal,
in the fabric of life.
dalam jalinan kehidupan.
back to your daily lives:
dalam hidup Anda:
untuk menolong orang?
trying to be famous in death,
dengan berusaha jadi terkenal saat mati,
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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