The Last Lecture
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I would like to share with you a video today.
Have you heard of Professor Randy Pausch?
A pioneer in the field of virtual reality who became a professor at his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch also co-founded the school’s Entertainment Technology Center and developed programs to make teaching computer science and animation more fun for high school and post-secondary students.
He also helped develop the Alice 3D-animation software and had stints at Walt Disney and Electronic Arts.
He was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006.
A year later, Pausch took part in a lecture series at the university that saw professors give hypothetical final talks and speak about what mattered most to them.
The popular and flamboyant Pausch drew a packed crowd for his light-hearted session, dedicated to his children.
He joked about his realized and unrealized childhood dreams and urged people to have more fun and live life to the fullest.
It’s worth noting that no matter how short, life is worth living full out and Randy did just that.
Here’s a video of Randy’s last lecture. It’s worth your time.
The lecture is a call to his students and colleagues to go on without him and do great things and was delivered at Carnegie Mellon on Sept. 18, 2007, a few weeks after Pausch learned he had just months to live.
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July 27, 2008 :: Chapter: Quotable Quotes :: Comments (0)
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