A
lot
of
professors
give
talks
titled
?
The
Last
Lecture
.
?
Maybe
you've
seen
one
.
It
has
become
a
common
exercise
on
college
____________________
.
Professors
are
asked
to
consider
their
demise
and
to
____________________
on
what
matters
most
to
them
.
And
while
they
speak
,
audiences
can't
help
but
mull
the
same
question
:
What
____________________
would
we
impart
to
the
world
if
we
knew
it
was
our
last
chance
?
If
we
had
to
____________________
tomorrow
,
what
would
we
want
as
our
legacy
?
For
years
,
Carnegie
Mellon
had
a
?
Last
Lecture
Series
.
?
But
by
the
time
____________________
got
around
to
asking
me
to
do
it
,
they'd
renamed
their
series
?
____________________
,
?
asking
selected
professors
?
to
offer
reflections
on
their
personal
and
professional
journeys
.
?
It
wasn't
the
most
exciting
____________________
,
but
I
agreed
to
go
with
it
.
I
was
given
the
September
slot
.
At
the
time
,
I
already
had
been
____________________
with
pancreatic
cancer
,
but
I
was
____________________
.
?
While
I
?
.
That
very
week
,
?
Jai
?
?
Call
me
____________________
,
?
?
Logan
,
?
Throughout
my
____________________
career
,
?
?
I
know
Randy
,
?
Jai
told
Dr
.
Reiss
.
?
He's
a
____________________
.
?
Another
matter
?
Certainly
,
the
____________________
?
Dr
.
Reiss
listened
?
More
than
once
,
Dr
.
Reiss
?
Given
Jai's
reticence
,
I
knew
I
had
to
look
honestly
at
my
____________________
.
Why
was
this
talk
so
important
to
me
?
Was
it
a
way
to
remind
me
and
everyone
else
that
I
was
still
very
much
alive
?
To
prove
I
still
had
the
____________________
to
perform
?
?
