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Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Name: Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Uploaded: 2007-12-20T21:05:00Z
Duration: 1 h 16 min 27 s
Channel: Carnegie Mellon University
Description: Randy Pausch delivers an inspiring final lecture on overcoming obstacles, achieving childhood dreams, and helping others do the same.

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Presented by Randy Pausch, Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon

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Randy Pausch delivers an inspiring final lecture on overcoming obstacles, achieving childhood dreams, and helping others do the same.

etc.cmu.edu/about/last-lecture Carnegie Mellon University alum and professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007 before a packed McConomy Auditorium. It became an internet sensation viewed by millions, an international media story, and a best-selling book that has been published in more than 35 languages. At CMU, it still inspires us today. Watch the remastered version of the Last Lecture, created in 2024 by CMU video systems engineer Brian Parker, who filmed the original lecture: youtu.be/ayPMfopCe1g

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What people say. Highly recommended by engineers as a life-changing, inspirational lecture on career, life lessons, and overcoming barriers.

sdrinfon Hacker News • 16 years agoRecommends

On “Ask HN: After almost 30 years the romance is over - What now?”

…is the ability to actualize a job that needs to be done, on which you're retroactively hired (or fired) by society as a whole. Or, as PG put it: doing stuff what people wants. Regardless of how you choose, a good partition of it is going to be soul-searching. There are 2 pieces of media I'd strongly recommend for that: -Randy Pausch Last Lecture [video ], and -wishcraft, which is a short book, available freely from link . On an ending note, I feel for you. Every time I've been down to this alley, I always always wished I'd have done it earlier. If anything, you shou…

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rebaseon Hacker News • 8 years agoRecommends

On “YouTube’s top creators are burning out”

If you haven't watched this, it will change your life. Even if you have, it's one of the few youtube videos that is worth a re-watch. The book is just as good if not better. link to this video Spoiler: It is a former CS professor at Carnegie Mellon named Randy Pausch. He had terminal pancreatic cancer. This is a dying professor's last lecture. It is a father sharing life lessons for his kids when they are older to watch. Some relevant quotes: - “As you get older, you may find that 'enabling the dreams of others' thing is even more fun.” - “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” - “The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because t…

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Tarkson Hacker News • 17 years agoRecommends

On “Ask HN: Just lost my year long placement because they have no work. Begging for advice ”

Thankyou, I'd lost sight of this a little. teaching someone how to deal with a type of situation rather than a specific one is always useful in the long run. If anyone else appreciates this type of thing then Randy Pauche's "Last Lecture" is very inspirational link to this video

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andre3k1on Hacker News • 16 years agoRecommends

On “Ask HN: Good books?”

If you're looking for something different then check out The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It's is an eye-opening book in a very nontraditional sense. You may remember Pausch as the computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon who was told that he had but a few months left to live (cancer). This book doesn't stray from its topic: "What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance?" If you're looking for motivation and an "out of the box" approach to analyzing daily life then this is it. Here's the book: link Here's the famous speech: link to this video

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Xkon Hacker News • 15 years agoRecommends

On “Hacking the system: how to land meetings with anyone you want”

…said, then I would love to answer your question, but first, will you have lunch with me tomorrow? And there’s a lot in that little moment. There’s a lot of humility, but also asking a person where he can’t possibly say no." Although, admittedly, that's after you got them to say a few words to you and you're in front of a large group of people. 1 link to this video 19:40 Edit: For those who don't know, here's the setting of this talk: This talk is one in a series given at CMU called the "Last Lecture" series with the hypothetical setting of 'what if you had one last talk to give?'. Randy Pausch, a professor at CMU, didn't have to pretend. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and in August of 2007…

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elliottcarlsonon Hacker News • 15 years agoRecommends

On “Pancreatic Cancer”

The Last Lecture is an inspiring book - Randy Pausch was another great man that the technology community had lost and I recommend everyone to both watch the Last lecture and read the book. The video is viewable here: link to this video (as embedded on the OP's submission)

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ehurrellon Hacker News • 12 years agoRecommends

On “Hamming, "You and Your Research" (1995) [video]”

I was introduced to this recently and it has become one of my favourite talks. Maybe also of interest on the topic of doing important work, Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: link to this video

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delibeson Hacker News • 8 years agoRecommends

On “Business questions engineers should ask when interviewing at ML/AI companies”

Thanks for reminding me. The Last Lecture is good. Since it's about 9 years ago, some younger HN readers may have missed it: link to this video Cancer sucks.

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prakhar897on Hacker News • 5 years agoRecommends

On “Ask HN: What are some of the best non-technical talks of all time?”

Here's mine: 1. Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams link to this video 2. Strange answers to the psychopath test | Jon Ronson link 3. The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Pranav Mistry link 4. Steve Jobs MIT Class: What he learnt after he was fired from Apple? link 5. Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power link 6. Peter Lynch 1994 Lecture link

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___luigion Hacker News • 5 years agoRecommends

On “I’m 22 and I’ve failed”

…ow life look like. If you read a lot of books/biographies, you will realize how some very successful people have had setbacks. Ignore these negative depressing whispers, and learn, read more. Most of us were in that spot before, do yourself a favor, and take some time to watch this talk "Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", Randy Pausch link to this video…

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PatentlyDC123on Hacker News • 4 years agoRecommends

On “Ask HN: What are some good inspirational and uplifting books?”

The Last Lecture was great. If you can, watch the lecture too 0. Even beyond the literal message, Randy Pausch's outlook and delivery really elevated the story for me. 0: link to this video

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RonaldOlzheimon Hacker News • 3 years agoRecommends

On “Ask HN: Tech After Chemotherapy”

Please watch these videos in the right order: 1 Please watch this video for why: link 2 Please watch this video for how: link 3 Please watch this video for what: link 4 Please watch this for when: link to this video Final note: I believe in the good so much all the time, but it is hard to keep believing in the good all the time. Please watch this when you are having a hard time believing: link I hope you receive courage, wisdom, temperance and moderation. *Let´s connect on Linkedin. (You can message me anytime) Ron.

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u/boutcherin r/compsci • 12 years agoMentions

On “Who is you favorite computer scientist?”

Randy Pausch link to this video

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caon Hacker News • 18 years agoMentions

On “Ask YC: what is your favorite startup related quote?”

Randy Pausch (speaking of apparent barriers between you and your goals): "The wall is there for you to show how bad you want it." (From his "Last Lecture", link to this video )

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fl3tchon Hacker News • 14 years agoMentions

On “Tim Berners-Lee's Original Announcement (1991)”

You know what's interesting? The immediate follow up to that first message, by Richard Chimera, mentions Randy Pausch. Does anybody remember him? link to this video Small world.

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