What will people say about you when you’re gone?

What will people say about you when you’re gone? Most of us don’t get the chance to find out. But one person did. In 1888, Alfred Nobel’s brother, Ludvig, died. A number of newspaper mistook Ludvig for Alfred, and so wrote an obituary on Alfred instead. A French obituary said “Le marchand de la mort eat mort” (“The merchant of death is dead.”) Alfred was shocked to see himself described in this way. So he thought about his life (he was 55 at the time). Were they justified tocall him “The merc...