TED Talks

Lux Narayan: What I learned from 2,000 obituaries (2017x42)

Uitzenddatum: Mrt 01, 2017

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.