People have been living and dying on this rock for thousands of generations and no-one alive today remembers any of them. Even the most immensely successful people to have lived just a short while ago - all of the John Rockefellers and the Andrew Carnegies of the world - are remembered only insofar as their names adorn buildings today. I don’t think it would matter at all if my name was on a library after I’m gone. I’m not sure how it could.
I’m trying to prioritise more (and better) time with my kids as it really is going by in a blink and while I’ve always understood this logically it’s really hit me like a freight train lately how none of it’s guaranteed.
To be cheesy and quote Tony Stark: “No amount of money ever bought a second of time”.