Randy Pausch: Really achieving your childhood dreams

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15 points·richardburton··8 comments

This is a GREAT presentation that everybody should watch !

But, we really need a "Best of the best" category where "old" articles etc can be saved (and found). Yes, it is new at Ted, but it is an old video that has been available for a long time.

Using the votes system this could become a great repository of the best articles/videos on the web ?

Apologies for the double submission. I just thought it'd be worth sharing. To be honest, when it comes to this video I hope that a few more people do get to see this.

If you watch the opening scene from the new Star Trek movie closely, you'll see Randy Pausch in a cameo. (If you miss it, turn on the audio commentary, which points it out at the time.)

I'll be damned, there he is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqFyY5f8Zmw

One of the best 1 hour 16 minutes 27 seconds use of my life. Thank you for posting this.

Possibly one of the most moving things I've ever watched. This man is incredible.

Was. :'-(

Apologies. Ever since a close family friend died I've always used the present tense when describing her characteristics. I don't believe that those qualities she had ceased to exist after she passed away. Although technically she was kind, loving, and supportive. In my mind she still is that way. The person I remember is still alive in my head.

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