02 June 2008

Last Lecture

I started reading Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" book this morning, and didn't make it very far in. I got through the introduction and the first chapter, and then I just put it down.

It upset me for reasons that probably aren't obvious - unfortunately, they aren't too closely related to the fact that he is very sick and dying. Don't get me wrong - that inherently is deeply upsetting, and cause for quite a bit of somberness. However, there were a couple other things that really stood out to me in his opening, and I'd like to grok them better.

Has anyone else read it, or started to read it? I would very much like to discuss, preferably with both CMU as well as non-CMU folk, because I think there are a lot of unique CMU attitudes in the book, but I'm curious about how much they stand out to others.

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