[vecter]

Here's a Charlie Rose interview with Sebastian Thrun: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321

It struck me how the overwhelmingly positive response to his online Stanford class took him by surprise and really spurred him to want to open up education. I guess even the most accomplished among us can become inspired.

[soldermont001]

I really liked his comment about Stanford students not getting much out of him, that they're already very brilliant, and it makes more sense for him to teach students that would get much more out of him.

[d0mine]

Here's a youtube link of the interview for devices that do not support flash http://youtu.be/FzpCcJ8sXik

[rauljara]

Absolutely.

In my experience the most genuinely accomplished people are always getting enthusiastic and inspired about one new thing or another. I think their capacity to be inspired is one of the main reasons they became accomplished in the first place.