TED Talks

Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries

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2017 • E42    Mar 1, 2017    15m
Lux Narayan starts his day with scrambled eggs and the question: "Who died today?" Why? By analyzing 2,000 New York Times obituaries over a 20-month period, Narayan gleaned, in just a few words, what achievement looks like over a lifetime. Here he shares what those immortalized in print can teach us about a life well lived.

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