The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch 2008

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
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Our Take

Pausch was a computer science professor given months to live who delivered one final lecture not about dying but about living. The optimism is earned by a man who knows exactly how little time he has. You will cry. Then you will call someone you love.

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