What an amazing story. Kudos to you for your accomplishments. And thank you for sharing a highlight of your journey. What a privledge to have met or talked to him.

Hi Valerie!

valerie, thank you so much for sharing that. makes me love him even more. :)

Thank you so much for sharing, Valerie Sofranko.

M

Romain Vincent my favorite one

Which is now the caption on all my social media

Well then I have a shit ton of experience..

I like this quote, same concept as trial and error.

@@frankiebowers7576 what happened to you ?

That part teared me up

Me too

Not me bawling my eyes out watching this after reading the book 😭💔

udk how much i needed this

Thanks for helping me cheat in school

well damn now I gotta pick something other than these 9 or my teachers gopnna assume I copied off of you.

Stealing this idea

did you watch it on recent christmas ?

@@FacebookInc. Yep, a couple of days ago.

Igor, you are a smart guy.

That's what I need to do.

You need to read the book and then watch this again. You’ll know what I’m talking about when you’re done

As a mom, this quote really hit different.

so true, so heartbreaking

What's the second best?

This comment

Whats it mean?

You know what I think is neat? Even though we didn't get to see him day in and day out, I feel like we're all his students. Between this lecture, the book that was written, his entire body of work, we all get to spend time in his presence. How lucky we are.

If you watched this, you did. That was/is the point.

It got me sobbing ❤

You just did.

they are there to stop us

@@WrathofFenrir99 okay i'll admit the border won't stop me that's a different story

omgee gonna help with my easy, thanks!

I like this part the most..

Your comment brought me to tears. I hope you’re still teaching and doing well!

thank you for being such a wonderful professors im sure their are some who appreciate you as much

Ditto!!!!

Ready to me just reminds me that "good" exists.. Back when ethics mattered.

I agree

+Caleb McGregor I love him a little bit

How To Make Sushi such a great guy, wish more people were like him 😢

😿

so true, and love your channel keep it up

I'm reading it right now!

dudecabill Me too! It is quite good.

The book gives an amazing insider perspective of what came before and after the lecture which is where his headspace was at... yet he managed to pull this last lecture together. I loved the book and this lecture

Thanks Kathryn, though I got to know about this gentleman today morning, almost 11 years after his demise, but placed the order for the book on Amazon. An amazing person !!

I read the book first, then came looking for the actual "Last Lecture" That book tied with watching the actual lecture was one of the greatest lessons I will ever be taught in my life.

I mean this in the most respectful way possible but, YOU can be like him. You can be more incredible. Be the change you want to see.

You can't meet him, unfortunately he died

Sometimes, we never do meet a person like him. Which is why we must be that person for someone else.

How do you find the 10 mins version? I was assigned this and sorry, I have to FF through much of it due to the rambling. Not wasting 76 mins on this.

@@doeeyes7999 I would not call it "rambling" - I personally was really moved by his lecture, but hey, it's just my opinion. Here's the10 minute version for you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLV0e9aGmM6on2g.html&ab_channel=RobLogan

How's the book ?

​@@jaishankarsaran9497it's great, I think it really adds some more depth to what he's talked about here & coming back to watch it again will just hit different. Definitely recommend it!

Congrats. I was there some time ago in CIT. Enjoy your time there. You're with some of the smartest people in the world.

This is year 20 or so for VR. The Aladin ride he talks about was 1996. That was VR, too.

@@thekuygerian I totally agree.

@@thekuygerian facts

VR sucks

Yet, he lived a full life.

@@k3yw not at all

@@adamski4077 it wasnt a long life but it was full of everything he could fill it with in the time it had.

To think that he isn’t here to see the metaverse, but was an early pioneer of the concept.

He lived a life more full in his 48 years than many who lived twice as long. His children certainly missed having more of him in their lives ... and we, in the world, would most likely have benefited more if he lived longer, but he himself... deserves everything Heaven has to offer him ❤

Love.

ok i know this comment is four years old but "I was my own wall?" ..damn that's eye opening

How do you manage to finish a book that fast? can you teach me? I have so many books to read and this book Iam only 15 pages in since 3 days .... could really use some advise

I've watched this video about a dozen times over the years and I still cry every single time he says that line...

I love you

instant ugly cry

That hit me so hard.

Everything is transactional. The audience benefited from him sharing this information and intern he utilized the audience to reinforce this information to his children ❤

Obrigada Randy por tanto aprendizado ...

If you just choose to stop being depressed then you aren't depressed.

Deppresion isnt just something you can stop. You can only hope to find something to keep you living

ironically he did help more people than most of so called doctors.

@@monad_tcp There’s a way to convey that sentiment without being shitty about it.

I think a Tigger would laugh at that statement whereas an eoyore would complain their mom doesn't appreciate their efforts. His speech really does show another way to perceive life.

@@Ezralite7 probably, but you have to be shitty with shit people that thing that medics are someway special to be "doctors"

Similarly here too, I came across this without intentionally looking for it. It sort of found me in the midst of trying to work on myself and my life. Blessings 💕

Things happen for a reason! Aren't we blessed! I had never heard of him, but just came across him in my list of possible videos to watch. So glad I did!

I probably watch this once a month as a "refresher", and I shared it with all my former colleagues just before my retirement - in the hopes they can get right everything I got wrong.

Dude how are you ?

@@hansolo6920 same

You alive?

Dead

5 year survival rate is low unless it’s something like ALL or leukemia.

What did your son end up doing ?

Lol not anymore that shit old.

What a rare situation where a university properly understood a faculty members value and allowed him to do his thing. In return he brought so much value.

And another 5 years has posted since you posted that ....

Congrats man .

@Rahul Cherkuri why do you care

Beautifully stated. I don't even remember how I got here, but I've teared up several times and it isn't even 1/4 through. I didn't make this comment to talk about my life, or to in any way take away from this honorable individual but my fiance passed away from COVID on April 8th, 2020....most incredible man I've ever known....he was my best friend, my greatest critic, an honorable and noble, sincere soul that thanked ME for challenging him to love me as I needed to be loved because it helped him EVOLVE....our connection was and is, ALWAYS WILL BE otherworldly. I miss his physicality every single second of my earthly life, full well knowing in my humble opinion that we all come here to do a job whether we see or can acknowledge it's importance or not....we ALL share the commonality of clocking out for the last time/retiring/getting promoted into paradise etc....growing up with a painful, chronic, debilitating genetic illness I've been "close to the other side" more times than I care to recollect most days, and we'd have these in depth spiritual conversations and he'd always tell me that NONE OF US KNOW when it's our time to "retire", so might as well find all the joy in this Earthly assignment that we can. And somehow still that statement never became "real" to me until I called this hospital on the 4th day of his hospitalization and found out he'd gone from needing just room air to requiring ventilation in a period of less than 30 minutes. Everything I'd ever feared was flipped on its head in an instant. And I'd continue to bore anyone who is reading this with the details of my grieving process but I've already gotten ahead of myself so my TLDR is this: It has been close to a decade or perhaps a bit longer since this incredible soul shed his earthly body...and he is STILL contributing to society in an impactful way, at a time where most would've been understandably selfish with their time, understandably pissed off or full of rage and remorse and sulking because life truly isn't fair....he thought about people he'd never even met. THAT is what living truly is about. I can only pray I can honor my fiances legacy in any facet that reflects the beauty of this incredible soul. I am completely in awe and I am so grateful for having come across his "last lecture" that will forever immortalize the expansiveness and tenacity of the human spirit.

2023 too

+KARNAGE Clan confused why you're here

+Yellow lol me too

Kinda weird to find you here

Karnage wtf

Birds aren't real. They are drones.

Did your mom laugh?

hallarious

explain how.

There were many things. But one thing I like most was about how a kid spilled drinks onto the seats of a new car and he said the car was only a thing, and not made the kid feel bad about it.

@Jesse Nicholson. You know him personally?

+Jesse Nicholson In the book it said he stopped working so late, after he met Jai and started a family :)

+Jesse Nicholson He must have failed your ignorant ass.

Same for me !

So proud you feel the same

Justina Greiciute that just happened to me right now 😭🤷🏼‍♀️♥️

so true.

That was well said Justina, .

+Nick Kraw Great point, As a teacher, I really believe that VR and interactive media is the future to help to individualise education.

Probably 2 reasons: 1:because it was put on KZfaq REALLY early on back when there weren't nearly as many viewers 2: There are probably a million other versions of it out there.

Sharing like there is no tomorrow here.

The world may never know :3

Long videos tend to discourage viewers to watch. Unless you know that is going to be good.

now i'm viewing...

Fuck no 😂

That’s sad man 💀

Watch this again

What a wonderful man and what a spirit. The video allows him to live on for us and for those who will come later. Inspiring.

He was a notorious anti LGBT and blm

He wouldve loved it

I have no idea what kind of teacher makes their students read Randy's book, but that is the kind of teacher I wish every student could have.

Actually, I chose this book :) *****

***** haha my social studies teacher is making us do this (8th grade) and I love it

@@EpicPkmn wow, 8th grade?!? That's amazing. In 8th grade I'd just been diagnosed with a painful, chronic genetic illness that my team of physicians thought would inevitably be my demise within a year of my late diagnosis. So many aspects of my "childhood dreams" are literally a blank because my whole life became a fight for my physicality. I am currently 31 and I am just so enamored to still be here to see sunsets and experience thunderstorms. Joy and pain you know? Just the simple things....I have an 11 year old daughter (that I was also "not supposed to be able to have") and I tell her ALL the time that you guys generation will change the world. My cohorts in 8th grade wouldn't have been able to grasp the importance of the incredible legacy this man left. But you guys are more than capable, and I personally am honored to live in a world where you guys will be the change that's been needed for so very long. May you never for get how importance your existence truly is and how much you contribute to the world just by being in it.