The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch

**alnorth** · 04-13-2008, 07:13 PM

This video has pretty much exploded all over the internet the last few months, with millions of views, people claiming this changed their life, he was later invited to speak on Oprah, had a story on dateline, etc etc. Its long, but I thought it was really well done.

Quick background: This university had a lecture series where they would invite professors to speak, and the idea was, if you hypothetically were about to die and had only one last chance to give a lecture to your students, what would you say?

Well, Randy Pausch, who was one of the most renowned professors of that university was diagnosed with a horrible type of cancer and was given only a few months to live with no hope of recovery. He was invited to give his "last lecture". This was his message:

04-13-2008, 07:13 PM	Topic Starter
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch This video has pretty much exploded all over the internet the last few months, with millions of views, people claiming this changed their life, he was later invited to speak on Oprah, had a story on dateline, etc etc. Its long, but I thought it was really well done. Quick background: This university had a lecture series where they would invite professors to speak, and the idea was, if you hypothetically were about to die and had only one last chance to give a lecture to your students, what would you say? Well, Randy Pausch, who was one of the most renowned professors of that university was diagnosed with a horrible type of cancer and was given only a few months to live with no hope of recovery. He was invited to give his "last lecture". This was his message:
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