英文演说扎克伯格哈佛毕业典礼演讲.docx

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英文演说扎克伯格哈佛毕业典礼演讲

【英文演说】扎克伯格哈佛2017毕业典礼演讲

PresidentFaust,BoardofOverseers,faculty,alumni,friends,proudparents,membersoftheadboard,andgraduatesofthegreatestuniversityintheworld,

I'mhonoredtobewithyoutodaybecause,let'sfaceit,youaccomplishedsomethingInevercould.IfIgetthroughthisspeech,it'llbethefirsttimeIactuallyfinishsomethingatHarvard.Classof2017,congratulations!

I'manunlikelyspeaker,notjustbecauseIdroppedout,butbecausewe'retechnicallyinthesamegeneration.Wewalkedthisyardlessthanadecadeapart,studiedthesameideasandsleptthroughthesameEc10lectures.Wemayhavetakendifferentpathstogethere,especiallyifyoucameallthewayfromtheQuad,buttodayIwanttosharewhatI'velearnedaboutourgenerationandtheworldwe'rebuildingtogether.

Butfirst,thelastcoupleofdayshavebroughtbackalotofgoodmemories.

HowmanyofyourememberexactlywhatyouweredoingwhenyougotthatemailtellingyouthatyougotintoHarvard?

IwasplayingCivilizationandIrandownstairs,gotmydad,andforsomereason,hisreactionwastovideomeopeningtheemail.Thatcouldhavebeenareallysadvideo.IsweargettingintoHarvardisstillthethingmyparentsaremostproudofmefor.

WhataboutyourfirstlectureatHarvard?

MinewasComputerScience121withtheincredibleHarryLewis.IwaslatesoIthrewonat-shirtanddidn'trealizeuntilafterwardsitwasinsideoutandbackwardswithmytagstickingoutthefront.Icouldn'tfigureoutwhynoonewouldtalktome--exceptoneguy,KXJin,hejustwentwithit.Weendedupdoingourproblemsetstogether,andnowherunsabigpartofFacebook.Andthat,Classof2017,iswhyyoushouldbenicetopeople.

ButmybestmemoryfromHarvardwasmeetingPriscilla.IhadjustlaunchedthisprankwebsiteFacemash,andtheadboardwantedto"seeme".EveryonethoughtIwasgoingtogetkickedout.Myparentscametohelpmepack.Myfriendsthrewmeagoingawayparty.Asluckwouldhaveit,Priscillawasatthatpartywithherfriend.WemetinlineforthebathroominthePfohoBelltower,andinwhatmustbeoneofthealltimeromanticlines,Isaid:

"I'mgoingtogetkickedoutinthreedays,soweneedtogoonadatequickly."

Actually,anyofyougraduatingcanusethatline.

Ididn'tendupgettingkickedout--Ididthattomyself.PriscillaandIstarteddating.And,youknow,thatmoviemadeitseemlikeFacemashwassoimportanttocreatingFacebook.Itwasn't.ButwithoutFacemashIwouldn'thavemetPriscilla,andshe'sthemostimportantpersoninmylife,soyoucouldsayitwasthemostimportantthingIbuiltinmytimehere.

We'veallstartedlifelongfriendshipshere,andsomeofusevenfamilies.That'swhyI'msogratefultothisplace.Thanks,Harvard.

TodayIwanttotalkaboutpurpose.ButI'mnotheretogiveyouthestandardcommencementaboutfindingyourpurpose.We'remillennials.We'lltrytodothatinstinctively.Instead,I'mheretotellyoufindingyourpurposeisn'tenough.Thechallengeforourgenerationiscreatingaworldwhereeveryonehasasenseofpurpose.

OneofmyfavoritestoriesiswhenJohnFKennedyvisitedtheNASAspacecenter,hesawajanitorcarryingabroomandhewalkedoverandaskedwhathewasdoing.Thejanitorresponded:

"Mr.President,I'mhelpingputamanonthemoon".

Purposeisthatsensethatwearepartofsomethingbiggerthanourselves,thatweareneeded,thatwehavesomethingbetteraheadtoworkfor.Purposeiswhatcreatestruehappiness.

You'regraduatingatatimewhenthisisespeciallyimportant.Whenourparentsgraduated,purposereliablycamefromyourjob,yourchurch,yourcommunity.Buttoday,technologyandautomationareeliminatingmanyjobs.Membershipincommunitiesisdeclining.Manypeoplefeeldisconnectedanddepressed,andaretryingtofillavoid.

AsI'vetraveledaround,I'vesatwithchildreninjuveniledetentionandopioidaddicts,whotoldmetheirlivescouldhaveturnedoutdifferentlyiftheyjusthadsomethingtodo,anafterschoolprogramorsomewheretogo.I'vemetfactoryworkerswhoknowtheiroldjobsaren'tcomingbackandaretryingtofindtheirplace.

Tokeepoursocietymovingforward,wehaveagenerationalchallenge--tonotonlycreatenewjobs,butcreatearenewedsenseofpurpose.

IrememberthenightIlaunchedFacebookfrommylittledorminKirklandHouse.IwenttoNoch'swithmyfriendKX.IremembertellinghimIwasexcitedtoconnecttheHarvardcommunity,butonedaysomeonewouldconnectthewholeworld.

Thethingis,itneverevenoccurredtomethatsomeonemightbeus.Wewerejustcollegekids.Wedidn'tknowanythingaboutthat.Therewereallthesebigtechnologycompanieswithresources.Ijustassumedoneofthemwoulddoit.Butthisideawassocleartous--thatallpeoplewanttoconnect.Sowejustkeptmovingforward,daybyday.

Iknowalotofyouwillhaveyourownstoriesjustlikethis.Achangeintheworldthatseemssoclearyou'resuresomeoneelsewilldoit.Buttheywon't.Youwill.

Butit'snotenoughtohavepurposeyourself.Youhavetocreateasenseofpurposeforothers.

Ifoundthatoutthehardway.Yousee,myhopewasnevertobuildacompany,buttomakeanimpact.Andasallthesepeoplestartedjoiningus,Ijustassumedthat'swhattheycaredabouttoo,soIneverexplainedwhatIhopedwe'dbuild.

Acoupleyearsin,somebigcompanieswantedtobuyus.Ididn'twanttosell.Iwantedtoseeifwecouldconnectmorepeople.WewerebuildingthefirstNewsFeed,andIthoughtifwecouldjustlaunchthis,itcouldchangehowwelearnabouttheworld.

Nearlyeveryoneelsewantedtosell.Withoutasenseofhigherpurpose,thiswasthestartupdreamcometrue.Ittoreourcompanyapart.Afteronetenseargument,anadvisortoldmeifIdidn'tagreetosell,Iwouldregretthedecisionfortherestofmylife.Relationshipsweresofrayedthatwithinayearorsoeverysinglepersononthemanagementteamwasgone.

ThatwasmyhardesttimeleadingFacebook.Ibelievedinwhatweweredoing,butIfeltalone.Andworse,itwasmyfault.IwonderedifIwasjustwrong,animposter,a22year-oldkidwhohadnoideahowtheworldworked.

Now,yearslater,Iunderstandthatishowthingsworkwithnosenseofhigherpurpose.It'suptoustocreateitsowecanallkeepmovingforwardtogether.

TodayIwanttotalkaboutthreewaystocreateaworldwhereeveryonehasasenseofpurpose:

bytakingonbigmeaningfulprojectstogether,byredefiningequalitysoeveryonehasthefreedomtopursuepurpose,andbybuildingcommunityacrosstheworld.

First,let'stakeonbigmeaningfulprojects.

Ourgenerationwillhavetodealwithtensofmillionsofjobsreplacedbyautomationlikeself-drivingcarsandtrucks.Butwehavethepotentialtodosomuchmoretogether.

Everygenerationhasitsdefiningworks.Morethan300,000peopleworkedtoputamanonthemoon–includingthatjanitor.Millionsofvolunteersimmunizedchildrenaroundtheworldagainstpolio.MillionsofmorepeoplebuilttheHooverdamandothergreatprojects.

Theseprojectsdidn'tjustprovidepurposeforthepeopledoingthosejobs,theygaveourwholecountryasenseofpridethatwecoulddogreatthings.

Nowit'sourturntodogreatthings.Iknow,you'reprobablythinking:

Idon'tknowhowtobuildadam,orgetamillionpeopleinvolvedinanything.

Butletmetellyouasecret:

noonedoeswhentheybegin.Ideasdon'tcomeoutfullyformed.Theyonlybecomeclearasyouworkonthem.Youjusthavetogetstarted.

IfIhadtounderstandeverythingaboutconnectingpeoplebeforeIbegan,IneverwouldhavestartedFacebook.

Moviesandpopculturegetthisallwrong.Theideaofasingleeurekamomentisadangerouslie.Itmakesusfeelinadequatesincewehaven'thadours.Itpreventspeoplewithseedsofgoodideasfromgettingstarted.Oh,youknowwhatelsemoviesgetwrongaboutinnovation?

Noonewritesmathformulasonglass.That'snotathing.

It'sgoodtobeidealistic.Butbepreparedtobemisunderstood.Anyoneworkingonabigvisionwillgetcalledcrazy,evenifyouendupright.Anyoneworkingonacomplexproblemwillgetblamedfornotfullyunderstandingthechallenge,eventhoughit'simpossibletoknoweverythingupfront.Anyonetakinginitiativewillgetcriticizedformovingtoofast,becausethere'salwayssomeonewhowantstoslowyoudown.

Inoursociety,weoftendon'tdobigthingsbecausewe'resoafraidofmakingmistakesthatweignoreallthethingswrongtodayifwedonothing.Therealityis,anythingwedowillhaveissuesinthefuture.Butthatcan'tkeepusfromstarting.

Sowhatarewewaitingfor?

It'stimeforourgeneration-definingpublicworks.Howaboutstoppingclimatechangebeforewedestroytheplanetandgettingmillionsofpeopleinvolvedmanufacturingandinstallingsolarpanels?

Howaboutcuringalldiseasesandaskingvolunteerstotracktheirhealthdataandsharetheirgenomes?

Todaywespend50xmoretreatingpeoplewhoaresickthanwespendfindingcuressopeopledon’tgetsickinthefirstplace.Thatmakesnosense.Wecanfixthis.Howaboutmodernizingdemocracysoeveryonecanvoteonline,andpersonalizingeducationsoeveryonecanlearn?

Theseachievementsarewithinourreach.Let'sdothemallinawaythatgiveseveryoneinoursocietyarole.Let'sdobigthings,notonlytocreateprogress,buttocreatepurpose.

Sotakingonbigmeaningfulprojectsisthefirstthingwecandotocreateaworldwhereeveryonehasasenseofpurpose.

Thesecondisredefiningequalitytogiveeveryonethefreedomth