When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late Sixties, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form thirty-five years before Google came along.I was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stewart and his team put out several issues of the The Whole Earth Catalogue, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid nineteen-seventies and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath were the words, "Stay hungry, stay foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off."Stay hungry, stay foolish." And I have always wished that for myself, and now, as you graduate to begin a new, I wish that for you. Stay hungry, stay foolish.

我年輕的時候很喜歡一本叫做《全球目錄》的雜志，這本書簡直就是我那個年代的潮流，這本雜志是一位叫做斯圖爾特·布蘭德德人創(chuàng)辦的，他住在離這里不遠的門洛園。我喜歡這雜志，因為雜志內(nèi)容很有詩意，當時是六十年代末期，個人計算機跟臺式印刷系統(tǒng)還沒被發(fā)明，所以雜志全是由打字機、剪刀跟拍立得相機做出來的。雜志內(nèi)容有點像印在紙上的谷歌，而這是在谷歌出現(xiàn)之前35年的產(chǎn)品，這本雜志是創(chuàng)意充與想象力的結(jié)晶，也是簡單的工具與大量智慧的的結(jié)合。圖爾特跟他的出版團隊出了好幾期《全球目錄》，一直出到停刊號就沒再發(fā)行。當時是七十年代中期，我正是你們現(xiàn)在這個年齡的時候。在停刊號的背面，有張早晨鄉(xiāng)間小路的照片，你可以看到上面有那種你去爬山時會經(jīng)過的鄉(xiāng)間小路 ，在照片下有行小字：求知若饑，虛心若愚，那是他們在停刊時寫下的告別訊息，求知若饑，虛心若愚 。我總是以此自許。當你們畢業(yè)，展開新生活，我也以此期許你們：求知若饑，虛心若愚 。