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.

我年轻的时候很喜欢一本叫做《全球目录》的杂志，这本书简直就是我那个年代的潮流，这本杂志是一位叫做斯图尔特·布兰德德人创办的，他住在离这里不远的门洛园。我喜欢这杂志，因为杂志内容很有诗意，当时是六十年代末期，个人计算机跟台式印刷系统还没被发明，所以杂志全是由打字机、剪刀跟拍立得相机做出来的。杂志内容有点像印在纸上的谷歌，而这是在谷歌出现之前35年的产品，这本杂志是创意充与想象力的结晶，也是简单的工具与大量智慧的的结合。图尔特跟他的出版团队出了好几期《全球目录》，一直出到停刊号就没再发行。当时是七十年代中期，我正是你们现在这个年龄的时候。在停刊号的背面，有张早晨乡间小路的照片，你可以看到上面有那种你去爬山时会经过的乡间小路 ，在照片下有行小字：求知若饥，虚心若愚，那是他们在停刊时写下的告别讯息，求知若饥，虚心若愚 。我总是以此自许。当你们毕业，展开新生活，我也以此期许你们：求知若饥，虚心若愚 。