Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries
勒克斯·纳拉扬: 我们能从2000份讣告中学到什么
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,
斯坦福大学校区慢跑,
jogging there as well.
感到很震惊。
会那样左右扫来扫去呢?
from side to side like that?
he set out to understand why.
about many things:
I hadn't heard of Joseph Keller.
我还从未听说过约瑟夫·凯勒。
半幅版面来讲述他,
of editorial dedicated to him,
级别最高的版面了。
for a newspaper of their stature.
我妻子觉得我相当有病,
I'm rather morbid
再加一句:“看看今天谁死了。”
and a "Let's see who died today."
is usually bad news,
都是负面新闻,
找到一些好的成就,
cues accomplishment
in the obituaries.
on future insights
致力于提供对未来的预测,
from past data --
来分析《纽约时报》上的讣告呢?
to obituaries from the New York Times?
your obituary featured --
它能教会你什么?
between 2015 and 2016.
能教给我们什么呢?
rather, lives -- teach us?
描述准确的叙述辞,
worded descriptor
个人成就或是一生经历。
capture an achievement or a lifetime.
是关于最近两年去世的名人。
people who died in the last two years.
natural language processing,
这种很容易能比划明白的字,
you can mime easily in "Charades," --
significant words.
and of course, art, are huge.
当然,还有艺术占比很大。
why in so many societies
为何在许多社会中,
工程、医药、商业、法律等工作,
engineering or medicine or business or law
they achieved things.
you've got to wait 37 years ...
that you're remembered for --
die at the age of 81 --
your stride in your 20s.
也许是唯一值得称道的事迹。
only commendable act in their mid-40s.
卡罗·多达:裸胸娱乐的先驱
more than just a descriptor.
first paragraph of all 2,000 obituaries,
2000份讣告的第一段,
for two groups of people:
and people that are not famous.
Ali, Zaha Hadid --
are people like Jocelyn Cooper,
of most of their names.
但并不出名。
but they're not famous.
these two groups separately --
should thank your parents --
在你死后把你的讣告剪下来。
your obituary when you're gone.
from lives well-led,
学到了好多东西。
in print could teach us.
to the kaleidoscope that is life,
majority of obituaries
in the fabric of life.
back to your daily lives:
多想想如何留下身后名,
trying to be famous in death,
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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