Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
Lux Narayan: O que aprendi com 2 mil necrologias
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,
correr pelo campus de Stanford
jogging there as well.
que também corriam por lá.
from side to side like that?
balançavam assim, de um lado para o outro?
he set out to understand why.
decidiu perceber porquê.
sobre muitos assuntos:
about many things:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
tinha ouvido falar de Joseph Keller.
of editorial dedicated to him,
que lhe era dedicada.
for a newspaper of their stature.
espaço seleto, num jornal tão grande.
I'm rather morbid
acha-me um pouco mórbido
and a "Let's see who died today."
e um "Vamos ver quem morreu hoje."
is usually bad news,
geralmente traz notícias más
cues accomplishment
destacam feitos pessoais
in the obituaries.
on future insights
que se concentra nas perspetiva
from past data --
de dados antigos,
to obituaries from the New York Times?
para a necrologia do New York Times?
your obituary featured --
ter uma necrologia de destaque,
com os ovos mexidos?
between 2015 and 2016.
entre 2015 e 2016.
rather, lives -- teach us?
— ou melhor, vidas — nos ensinam?
worded descriptor
elegantemente redigida
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
resumir uma conquista ou uma vida.
people who died in the last two years.
que morreram nos últimos dois anos.
natural language processing,
de linguagem natural,
que elimina palavras supérfluas
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
num jogo de mímica —
significant words.
mais significativas.
and of course, art, are huge.
e, é claro, Artes, são um colosso.
why in so many societies
em tantas sociedades,
engineering or medicine or business or law
Engenharia, Medicina, Gestão ou Direito
vejamos a idade
they achieved things.
eles conquistaram algo.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
é preciso aguardar 37 anos
pelo qual seremos lembrados,
that you're remembered for --
die at the age of 81 --
morremos aos 81 anos
your stride in your 20s.
o pico antes dos 30.
no animado mundo da política.
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
único feito louvável aos 40 e poucos.
o que são os "outros",
more than just a descriptor.
mais do que apenas uma descrição.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
de todos os dois mil obituários,
for two groups of people:
em dois grupos de indivíduos:
e as pessoas que não são famosas.
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
Prince, Ali, Zara Hadid.
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
são gente como Jocelyn Cooper,
ou Lorna Kelly.
nunca ouviram falar da maioria deles.
of most of their names.
but they're not famous.
mas não são famosas.
these two groups separately --
esses dois grupos separadamente,
should thank your parents --
deve agradecer aos seus pais...
your obituary when you're gone.
a necrologia quando vocês se forem.
from lives well-led,
de vidas bem-vividas
in print could teach us.
no papel podia ensinar-nos.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
sobre o caleidoscópio que é a vida,
majority of obituaries
maioria das necrologias
aparentemente extraordinárias.
in the fabric of life.
no tecido da vida.
quando voltarem à vossa vida diária:
back to your daily lives:
para ajudar a sociedade?
trying to be famous in death,
tentando ser famosas na morte,
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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