Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
ラックス・ナラヤン: 2千本のおくやみ記事から学んだこと
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,
構内をよくジョギングしていましたが
jogging there as well.
強く興味をひかれました
from side to side like that?
左右に揺れるんだろう?
he set out to understand why.
理由を探り始めました
about many things:
多岐にわたりました
お茶が垂れるのか?
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
ジョセフ・ケラーを知りませんでした
of editorial dedicated to him,
ケラー教授に捧げる記事を載せました
for a newspaper of their stature.
ご想像の通り かなり贅沢なことです
I'm rather morbid
病んでると思われています
and a "Let's see who died today."
言うんですから
is usually bad news,
たいてい悪いニュースで
誰かの失敗です
cues accomplishment
人の業績を伝えるのが
in the obituaries.
おくやみ記事です
on future insights
マーケティング担当者に過去データを提供し
from past data --
分析するような仕事です
to obituaries from the New York Times?
過去データ分析にかけたらどうなるだろう?
your obituary featured --
何か教訓は得られないだろうか?
もう本人はいませんけど
記事でしょうか?
編集部が無料で書いた
between 2015 and 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
教えてくれることは何でしょう?
リー・クアンユーの記事です
worded descriptor
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
捉えようとしているんです
people who died in the last two years.
有名な方を何人か紹介しましょう
natural language processing,
例えば
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
黙っていても伝わりそうな言葉を取り除き
significant words.
処理しました
and of course, art, are huge.
そして当然 アートがとても多く
why in so many societies
「成功者になるためには
engineering or medicine or business or law
と言われるのか
they achieved things.
平均年齢を見てみましょう
you've got to wait 37 years ...
初めて
that you're remembered for --
重要な成果に到達するのが
81歳で亡くなります
die at the age of 81 --
your stride in your 20s.
20代でしょう
花を咲かせられます
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
ともすると唯一の 立派な業績を残します
[科学界からブードゥーの司祭に]
[大統領9人の服を仕立てる]
[トップレス業界の先駆者]
more than just a descriptor.
分析したくなりました
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
第一段落を丸ごとプログラムにかけました
for two groups of people:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
ザハ・ハディドといった有名人と
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
ジョスリン・クーパーや
of most of their names.
名前ばかりでしょう
but they're not famous.
偉大な人々ですが 有名ではありません
these two groups separately --
2グループに分けて
should thank your parents --
親に感謝すべきだし ―
your obituary when you're gone.
切り抜くよう言っておくべきです
from lives well-led,
多くの教訓や
in print could teach us.
教えを掘り起こしました
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
存在した 魅力あふれる証拠ですが
majority of obituaries
有名か無名かに関わらず
成し遂げた人々を
in the fabric of life.
ポジティブな影響を残しました
back to your daily lives:
考えてみてください
社会に役立てているだろうか?
最も大きな教訓によると
trying to be famous in death,
努力して生きる人が増えれば
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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