The YouTube video above has been viewed more than 4 million times. It is 76 minutes long.
“The lecture really was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful.”
Professor Pausch died yesterday (the last lecture in the video was September 18, 2007). He and this lecture are so highly regarded, that among other things Google has a notice in memoriam today on its main page (with a link to the video).
“I’m dying and I’m having fun. And I’m goin’ keep having fun every day I have left, because there’s no other way to play it.”
a unitarian
That was a fabulous lecture! The best 76 minutes I’ve invested in a good long while. I wish I would have had someone like him for a professor earlier in my life, or even later in my life.
As someone who has already achieved a fair number of her childhood dreams (some took 40-50 years), I can say that he is completely right about the importance of striving to make your dreams a reality. And helping others to achieve their childhood dreams is one of the greatest feelings in the universe. You never know which one of them might change the world for the better, or even help us reach other worlds.