A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave, 'Really ...
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A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave, 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams', wasnt about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humour, inspiration, and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.
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The story of how Randy Pausch responded when he learned that his invitation to deliver a 'traditional' "Last Lecture" to a group of college students turned out to be his actual last lecture after he was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas.
WILMOM
Sep 20, 2012
HMMM...
This is a book for a limited readership, I'm thinking. Had difficulty getting into it, but that is a subjective viewpoint.
It is well written, and I would recommend it to a few of my friends who, like me, enjoy this genre of literature.
qued-in
Nov 16, 2010
Welcomed gift.
Bought as gift, and it was given high marks by the recipient as a wonderful, interesting read.
Longdrycreek
May 27, 2010
Interesting Book
This is a good but sad read of a man, a father, a husband and his death in the near future.
I compared this book with John Gunther's "Death Be Not Proud." Gunther's account is watching and reacting to his teenage son's slow death over 60 years ago. The boy died as a result of a brain tumor.
I encourage modern readers to read "The Last Lecture" but also read Pausch's book in conjunction with Gunther's and others of similar genre.
In some sense, and I may be wrong, Pausch deals with his impending death as one would dispassionately observe other matters in life. Perhaps this is the role of an academic; I hope not because life is far more personal and complicated than reporting of facts or observations.
I am a retired pastor who has worked with many people, including church members, on meeting the arrival of death. There is a stark humanity that levels all else in the closing days of one's life.
I think Pausch struggles with his death with sensivity and a measure of cheer. But beneath his writing I sense a struggle to plumb a greater depth if time had permitted.
Perhaps, given his early age but recognizing all he was leaving behind - wife of his dreams and children of joy - he could not reveal the deep emotion inside. I am sure it was there but he does remind us that intellect without the heart is a heartless death.
In the midst of this fine man's death, I do not speak unkindly. In order to die well, as in life, one needs a mentor, a guide, a shepherd of the soul [religious or secular].
I heartily recommend readers buy and read the book, but also engage the purely personal and relentless journey ahead of all of us. Read also A.L. Vischer's "On Growing Old" and Helmut Thielicke's "Living with Death." In this book, Thielicke recognizes the struggle the modern world has in dealing with "a legal and medical definition of death . . [but] he explores the theological meaning of life in the setting of death."
Combined, dear readers, you will profit from all of these books, including understanding Pausch in a way that most readers likely gloss over.
SLTodd
Jan 1, 2010
Positive Life
Randy Pausch set his goals high and communicated that goal setting to his children and the world. Great man, great book!
