Kurt Vonnegut at Rice University (Video)
Excerpts: Joe said to me, “I have something he can never have.” I said, “What’s that, Joe?” And he said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.“ Mark Twain, at the end of a profoundly meaningful […]
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Excerpts: Joe said to me, “I have something he can never have.” I said, “What’s that, Joe?” And he said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.“ Mark Twain, at the end of a profoundly meaningful […]
Notes: I’m here to tell you today that “Fear is good.” Fear is good because it is our brain’s way of identifying the things about which we are ignorant. Knowing this, we should look at […]
Notes: What is different, though, is the chance each generation has to take that history and write it larger—or, for those of you engineers, to program it better. The fact that we are all connected […]
Notes: Remember, a No is free. Ask for the world and pay no mind if you are initially turned down. A career in the arts is like a hitchhiking trip: All you need is one […]
Thank you Chancellor Wiley, distinguished platform party, friends, guests and the very reason for our presence here today — the members of the class of 2003. Before I start my remarks, I’d like everyone just […]
Notes: My case illustrates how success is always rationalized. People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck — especially successful people. As they age, and succeed, people feel their success was somehow […]
I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an establishment of higher education. I never graduated from any such establishment. I never even started at one. I escaped from school […]
Excerpts: People talk about the dangers of rose-colored glasses, but let me tell you, the lenses of self-doubt are far worse. They are nasty. Thick and filthy… they’re covered in swamp scum and mold – […]
Notes: The scientific consensus on climate change is at least as strong as the consensus on smoking. Climate change is a real deal. When it comes to climate change, wouldn’t it be great, if technologies […]
Thank you President Huddleston, distinguished guests, honored faculty, and parents…but especially thank you to the University of New Hampshire’s graduating class of 2014. It’s so fabulous to be back. I’ve already partied at the Field […]
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