A video that gives you a new perspective of life...?

_Gizka_ said:
I haven't watched the video yet, but I will when I can get round to it. But in terms of videos that have altered my outlook on life and have real admiration for the speaker and his achievements, Randy Pausch's last lecture never ceases to amaze me. I also find it a great video to put on in the background while I'm working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
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Amazing lecture, only intended to watch a few mins but he just grabbed my attention from the beginning and ended up watching the whole thing.

Incredibly inspiring words and a great legacy to leave behind.
 
That lecture was overwhelming. Enjoyed it greatly; thank you.

I don't know how he managed to keep it together and not burst into tears. I think i would have with my wife crying next to me.

It's hard enough to leave a place you've spent a long time working (if you've enjoyed it) let alone knowing you can never return...

Leaving someplace you love in the knowledge they're only going to see better and more exciting things, someone reliving the good times you've had.

It's worth an inconceivable amount.
 
All I could think was that it was kind of ironic, saying we were insignificant as we were just a little spot. When in my opinion we're not, as we have managed to produce something which is capable of producing that image of us being "a dot". I suppose I don't link size with significance.

And while now we have not travelled far in space, we are a species that still aspires to travel through our galaxy, and eventually our universe, just not as keenly as we did a number of decades ago.
 
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Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' and Jacob Bronowski's 'The Ascent Of Man' are on youtube in their entirety.
Though in some ways, some of the science of 'cosmos' is superseded by new discoveries, (there's additional commentary added to one of the version on youtube) it remains one of the most fascinating and approachable studies in science and nature.

I thoroughly recommend both programs as unmissable - whilst 'wonders of the solar system' and the various bbc nature documentaries continue to hold the torch of great programs described by minds which inspire interest and wonder, yesterdays grainy pictures are surely the progenitors of today's HD spectacular.

Though I'm a little disappointed at the brevity of some of today's programming when compared to the epic nature of such fantastic series as Cosmos.
 
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