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Ask HN: How do you want to be remembered?
I've been pondering this after being repeatedly asked for biographies for press releases or whatever.
How do you want to be remembered?
- JacobAldridge 17y ago"We were better for having known him, and he was better for having shared his life with us." The rest is detail.
- terrellm 17y agoHe gave more to this world than he took.
- electronslave 17y agoCrazy Uncle electronslave. Also, the guy who invented that thing. You know, that replaced razors? (I remember this as being my favorite sci-fi trope, next to "name all the presidents from 1965 onwards.") Like this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu In all seriousness, I think anyone who aspires to legacy isn't focusing on the shape that their life is currently in. Legacy's for dying loaded fogies to worry about, not people young enough to be writing their own bios for press releases.
- cmars232 17y ago"Hey! That bastard owes me a lot of money!" :)
- brk 17y agoBad Motherfucker
- TriinT 17y agoMost of us are destined to be forgotten by all but our dear ones. Grow up. There's only one von Neumann born per millenium. The bright side is that not being von Neumann does not mean one can't do meaningful work.
- yan 17y agoBeing remembered is irrelevant to me. Death is a pretty macro-scale occurrence and humanity is pretty much nothing but a blip in that eternity. Having said that, I do want my kids and loved ones to be happy and healthy.
- amichail 17y agoEveryone should work on a simulation of themselves that would be used after they die to remember them. In this way, people could influence how others remember them in a more direct way. This is why it is important for everyone to learn programming -- so that everyone could create such a simulation of themselves.
- spectre 17y agoWriting a simulation of yourself would not be even remotely practical for most people. A tool to allow people to create such a simulation could be an intresting idea for a start-up.
- philwelch 17y agoYou could always seed a Markov chain system with a corpus of your collected emails, IM logs, and writings. Then you'll just seem to be afflicted with posthumous dementia.
- p01nd3xt3r 17y agoThe guy that did the thing.
- unalone 17y ago"Aw, darn."
- rjprins 17y agoAs the guy who invented artificial intelligence.
- known 17y agoGood question.