the desire to be remembered theme

It is suggested that humans are driven to do something with their lives that is worth remembering at least for someone.

13 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 6 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp3x29 choice The point of the story was Harold's obsession with being somehow significant to society and posterity. He therefor stole, robbed, killed, and committed suicide to add his own data points to the statistics.
voy5x18 choice Voyager crew prepared a time capsule to ensure they would be remembered
ds94x21 major Onaya killed artists so that they would be immortalized; Jake wished to be remembered for his writing
ent1x16 major Reed's desire to leave messages to his survivors and posterity.
futurama3x17 major Bender worried he was doomed to fade away into obscurity and tried to do something so that people would remember his name.
tng5x25 major Kataan people made a space probe to share their culture with others
tng6x20 major the primordial humanoid race left a message encoded in humanoid dna
bbf1x20 minor Zathras was hoping to be remembered and honored for having brought peace to the galaxy.
movie: Seven (1995) minor John Doe explained that he wanted his work to be puzzled over for ages
movie: The Stepford Wives (1975) minor Joanna told a photo critic that she was into photography because she wanted to be remembered for something.