Tim Cook's Stanford Commencement Keynote

Tim Cook recently spoke at Stanford and it’s worth the time to watch. I wonder how often these graduates will go back and reconsider Tim’s comments. There’s some deep, tough talk here.

“Crisis has tempered optimism. Consequences have challenged idealism. And reality has shaken blind faith,” he said. “Our problems – in technology, in politics, wherever – are human problems. From the Garden of Eden to today, it’s our humanity that got us into this mess, and it’s our humanity that’s going to have to get us out.”

Direct link to Stanford’s story.

Silicon Valley's Unofficial Nerd Heritage Trail

Came across this article a while back and discovered again when I was clearing out some “saved for later reading”.

Rediscovering this article, I think about the risks and pure magic that you find on this trail. I long for the days where simple discovery was valued without immediately being squashed by VC-influenced metrics.

Maybe there is some glory is revisiting this trail and carving out some time in our lives to take chances!

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