On Vox: A Dying Professor's Exuberant "Last Lecture"

Sep 20, 2007 17:32


Carnegie-Mellon professor Randy Pausch gave a lecture in a university series asking professors what they would say in a last lecture before they died.  Dr Pausch was also diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with only weeks to live at the time of the lecture.  As one of the commentors stated, "[Dr. Pausch] manages to impart some of the most profound, ( Read more... )

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arcticayeka September 21 2007, 00:09:24 UTC
This was unbelievable. Thanks for sharing this with me, man.

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tabrelial September 21 2007, 00:57:21 UTC
NP, I'm glad you liked it. I thought it was amazing.

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oc_asian September 21 2007, 03:59:25 UTC
Thanks for the link Billy!

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muralasa October 12 2007, 04:41:07 UTC
Lame! I waited awhile to watch this and never got around to commenting on it. Thank you SO much for posting this.. there are some amazing life lessons in there that I'm taking to heart. The "brick wall" thing in particular has been resonating with me lately and really giving me motivation to keep plowing on. =)

Also, I never thought I would be watching colloquium talks in my free time after graduating.. and enjoying it, no less!

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