Ask HN: How do you want to be remembered?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=801436

by pclark • 17 years ago

9 16 17 years ago

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I've been pondering this after being repeatedly asked for biographies for press releases or whatever.

How do you want to be remembered?

brk2• 17 years ago

Bad Motherfucker

adatta02• 17 years ago

err - Bad Ass Mother Fucker (BAMF)

brk2• 17 years ago

Nope. I wrote it the way I want it. ref: http://www.sportsocracy.org/imgs/BadAssMotherFuckerWallet.JP...

TriinT• 17 years ago

Most 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• 17 years ago

Being 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• 17 years ago

Everyone 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• 17 years ago

Writing 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• 17 years ago

You 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• 17 years ago

The guy that did the thing.

unalone• 17 years ago

"Aw, darn."

JacobAldridge• 17 years ago

"We were better for having known him, and he was better for having shared his life with us."

The rest is detail.

terrellm• 17 years ago

He gave more to this world than he took.

electronslave• 17 years ago

Crazy 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

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• 17 years ago

"Hey! That bastard owes me a lot of money!" :)

rjprins• 17 years ago

As the guy who invented artificial intelligence.

known• 17 years ago

Good question.

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