# What I learned from 2,000 obituaries

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNYC
- Speaker: Lux Narayan
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lux_narayan_what_i_learned_from_2_000_obituaries)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [What I learned from 2,000 obituaries](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lux_narayan_what_i_learned_from_2_000_obituaries/7ffc5a9339c0), 6 min (TED's player)