Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Recently I enjoy doses of nice lectures and speeches very much. I have just heard another highly inspirational lecture given by a Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science lecturer Randy Pausch. Although watching his lecture took me more than an hour, but it was all worth it. In fact, I was ironically crying when I was hearing his witty and funny lecture.Pausch has only another 3-6 months to live because he is down with pancreatic cancer, 10 tumours and counting in his liver. He had to undergo chemotherapy and other painful treatment, but his perspective towards life and dreams are amazing. His most popular speech, "The Last Lecture" reminds us to live our childhood dreams and many theories about life from the perspective of a dying man.
Pausch said that, "If you live life the right way, the karma will take care of it." And I thought back of all the rat race that everyone is facing in university and I was like, "Wow, this sounds like purely common sense, but nonsensical at the same time!" This amazing guy said many other things that allows you at living life and how you would want to remember it when you are at your deathbed.
For those who are interested, this is his personal website if you want to find out more about him:
http://www.randypausch.com
For those who want to read a better coverage of this wonderful man, I have got the link to the IHT reporters who gave him reviews that are better than mine:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/08/arts/The-Last-Lecture.php?page=2