Everything else is secondary.
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When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.
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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.
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It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
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Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.
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It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age.
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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.
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Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."
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It was their farewell message as they signed off.
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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
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And I have always wished that for myself.
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And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
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Thank you all very much.
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