Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: Hva jeg lærte av 2000 nekrologer
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,
rundt Stanford campus,
jogging there as well.
som også jogget der.
from side to side like that?
fra side til side på den måten?
he set out to understand why.
inn for å forstå hvorfor.
about many things:
nysgjerrig på mange ting:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
jeg ikke hørt om Joseph Keller.
of editorial dedicated to him,
lederartikkel dedikert til ham,
for a newspaper of their stature.
for en avis av deres betydning.
I'm rather morbid
synes jeg er ganske morbid
and a "Let's see who died today."
og en "La oss se hvem som har dødd i dag."
is usually bad news,
ofte dårlige nyheter,
cues accomplishment
viser til prestasjoner
in the obituaries.
i nekrologene.
on future insights
på fremtidig innsikt
from past data --
fra tidligere data --
to obituaries from the New York Times?
opp mot nekrologene fra New York Times?
your obituary featured --
få nekrologen din fremhevet --
between 2015 and 2016.
mellom 2015 og 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
eller livene - lære oss?
på en nekrolog.
worded descriptor
formulert beskrivelse
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
å fange en prestasjon eller en livstid.
people who died in the last two years.
personer som døde de siste to årene.
trosset sjanger]
natural language processing,
naturlig språkbehandling,
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
du kan lett mime i mimelek,
significant words.
betydningsfulle ordene.
and of course, art, are huge.
og selvfølgelig kunst, er svære.
why in so many societies
i så mange samfunn
engineering or medicine or business or law
ingeniør, medisin, business eller juss
they achieved things.
når de oppnådde ting.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
at du må vente 37 år ...
that you're remembered for --
som du blir husket for -
die at the age of 81 --
dør i en alder av 81 -
your stride in your 20s.
i 20-årene.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
eneste verdige handling midt i 40-årene.
more than just a descriptor.
mer enn bare en beskrivelse.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
av alle 2000 nekrologene,
for two groups of people:
for to grupper mennesker:
and people that are not famous.
og personer som ikke er berømte.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
Ali, Zaha Hadid -
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
er personer som Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
ikke har hørt de fleste navnene.
but they're not famous.
men de er ikke berømte.
these two groups separately --
disse gruppene separat --
should thank your parents --
burde takke sine foreldre -
your obituary when you're gone.
nekrologen din når du er borte.
from lives well-led,
fra de som har hatt et godt liv,
in print could teach us.
på trykk kunne lære oss.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
for det kaleidoskopet livet er,
majority of obituaries
majoritet av nekrologene
ekstraordinære ting.
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
går tilbake til dagliglivet:
for å hjelpe samfunnet?
trying to be famous in death,
i forsøk på å bli berømt i døden,
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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