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Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. I feel sure it will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
不要讓這個世界的復雜性阻礙你前進。要成為一個行動主義者。將解決人類的不平等視為己任。我敢肯定它將成為你生命中最重要的經歷之一。
You graduates are coming of age in an amazing time. As you leave Harvard, you have technology that members of my class never had. You have awareness of global inequity, which we did not have. And with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience that will torment you if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with modest effort. You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
在座的各位畢業生，你們所處的時代是一個神奇的時代。當你們離開哈佛的時候，你們擁有的技術，是我們那一屆學生所沒有的。你們已經了解到了世界上的不平等，而我們那時對此還一無所知。有了這樣的了解之后，要是你再置那些你可以幫助的人們于不顧，就將受到良心的譴責。只需一點小小的努力，你就可以改變那些人的生活。你們比我們具有更強的能力。你們必須盡早開始，盡可能更長地堅持下去。
And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you have done with your talent and your energy. I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities...on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity.
我希望，30年后你們還會再回到哈佛，回顧你們用自己的天賦和能力所做出的一切，我希望，在那個時候，你們用來評價自己的標準，不僅僅是你們的專業成就，而且還包括你們為改變這個世界深刻的不平等所做出的努力，以及你們如何善待那些遠隔千山萬水、除了同為人類之外與你們毫無共同之處的人們。
Good luck.
祝你們好運！
