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When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue, which was one of the bibles of my generation.
當我還很年輕的時候，有一本刊物名叫《環球百科目錄》。它是我那一代人必讀的圣典之一。
It was created by a fellow named Stuart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.
它是由一個叫 Stuart Brand 的人在距此不遠的 Menlo Park 出版的。此人以他富于詩意的工作為這份刊物注入了生命。
This was in the late Sixties, before personal computers and desktop publishing.
那是在60年代末，個人電腦和桌面出版發明之前。
So it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras.
因此這本刊物完全是由打字機、剪刀和拍立得相機做出來的。
It was sort of like Google in paperback form thirty-five years before Google came along.
它就像平裝本的 Google，不過是在 Google 誕生的35年前。
It was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
一樣是那么的理想主義，充滿著簡潔的工具和了不起的洞見。
Stuart and his team put out several issues of the The Whole Earth Catalogue, and then when it had run its course.
Stuart 和他的團隊出版了數期《環球百科目錄》，隨后刊物的生命走到了盡頭。
They put out a final issue.
他們就出版了最后的一期。
It was the mid-Seventies and I was your age.
那是在70年代中期了，我正是你們這個年紀。
On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road.
最后一期的封底，是一幅清晨鄉村公路的照片。
The kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.
假如你搭便車上路探險，就會看到這種景色。
Beneath were the words, "Stay hungry, stay foolish"
在照片下方寫著這樣的話，"求知若饑，虛心若愚"。
It was their farewell message as they signed off. "Stay hungry, stay foolish".
這是他們停止了發刊的告別語，"求知若饑，虛心若愚"。
And I have always wished that for myself.
我一直希望自己能做到這樣。
And now, as you graduate to begin a new, I wish that for you.
現在，在你們即將畢業，開始新的歷程的時刻，我用這句話來祝福你們。
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
求知若饑，虛心若愚。
Thank you all, very much.
非常感謝大家。
