THE VIDEO SHELF · living well and mortality
The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer who was dying of cancer, gives his 'Last Lecture' about achieving childhood dreams and living well. The recording is a full-length talk of about 104 minutes.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as an emotionally powerful life-advice talk and revisit it as a reminder of mortality.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Gabriel Robins
- Topic
- living well and mortality
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This reminds me of the Last Lecture by Professor Andy Pausch. It is a lecture that will really hit you in the feels: [VIDEO] It is also an excellent book.
SEJeff on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Monday was my 46th birthday and likely my last (2013)While not a blog post really, I often times revisit Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture[1] to act as a memento mori[2]. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]
orbz on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?I am not sure you came across The Last Lecture, if not you may find it interesting: [VIDEO] [LINK] I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to work with you and learn an awful lot along the way. Thanks!
Create on Hacker News · 2016-08
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