扎克伯格2017哈佛毕业典礼演讲稿全英文版

Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard Commencement

Address-2017

President Faust, Board of Overseers, faculty, alumni, friends, proud parents, members

of the ad board, and graduates of the greatest university in the world,

I’m honored to be with you today because, let’s face it, you accomplished something I

never

could.

If

I

get

through

this

speech,

it’ll

be

the

first

time

I

actually

finish

something at Harvard. Class of 2017, congratulations!

I’m an unlikely speaker, not just because I dropped out, but because we’r

e technically

in the same generation. We walked this yard less than a decade apart, studied the same

ideas and slept through the same Ec10 lectures. We may have taken different paths to

get here, especially if you came all the way from the Quad, but today I want to share

what I’ve learned about our generation and the world we’re building together.

But first, the last couple of days have brought back a lot of good memories.

How many of you remember exactly what you were doing when you got that email

telling you that you got into Harvard? I was playing Civilization and I ran downstairs,

got

my

dad,

and

for

some

reason,

his

reaction

was

to

video

me

opening

the

email.

That could have been a really sad video. I swear getting into Harvard is still the thing

my parents are most proud of me for.

What about your first lecture at Harvard? Mine was Computer Science 121 with the

incredible

Harry

Lewis.

I

was

late

so

I

threw

on

a

t-

shirt

and

didn’t

realize

until

afterwards

it

was

inside

out

and

backwards

with

my

tag

sticking

out

the

front.

I

couldn’t figure out why no one would talk to me —

except one guy, KX Jin, he just

went with it. We ended up doing our problem sets together, and now he runs a big part

of Facebook. And that, Class of 2017, is why you should be nice to people.

But

my

best

memory

from

Harvard

was

meeting

Priscilla.

I

had

just

launched

this

prank website Facemash, and the ad board wanted to “see me”. Everyone thought

I

was going to get kicked out. My parents came to help me pack. My friends threw me

a going away party. As luck would have it, Priscilla was at that party with her friend.

We met in line for the bathroom in the Pfoho Belltower, and in what must be one of

the all time romantic lines, I said: “I’m going to get kicked out in three days, so we

need

to go on a date quickly.”

Actually, any of you graduating can use that line.

I didn’t end up getting kicked out —

I did that to myself. Priscilla and I started dating.

And, you know, that movie made it seem like Facemash was so important to creating

Faceb

ook. It wasn’t. But without Facemash I wouldn’t have met Priscilla, and she’s

the most important person in my life, so you could say it was the most important thing

I built in my time here.

We’ve all started lifelong friendships here, and some of us even families. That’s why

I’m so grateful to this place. Thanks, Harvard.

Today

I

want

to

talk

about

purpose.

But

I’m

not

here

to

give

you

the

standard

commencement

about

finding

your

purpose.

We’re

millennials.

We’ll

try

to

do

that

instinctively.

Instead,

I’m

here

to

tell

you

finding

your

purpose

isn’t

enough.

The

challenge

for

our

generation

is

creating

a

world

where

everyone

has

a

sense

of

purpose.

One of my favorite stories is when John F Kennedy visited the NASA space center, he

saw a janitor carrying a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing. The

janitor responded: “Mr. President, I’m helping put a man on the moon”.

Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are

needed, that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true

happiness.

You’re

graduating

at

a

time

when

this

is

especially

important.

When

our

parents

graduated, purpose reliably came from

your job, your church,

your community. But

today,

technology

and

automation

are

eliminating

many

jobs.

Membership

in

communities

is

declining.

Many

people

feel

disconnected

and

depressed,

and

are

trying to fill a void.

As I’ve traveled around, I’ve sat with children in juvenile detention and opioid addicts,

who told me their lives could have turned out differently if they just had something to

do, an after school program or somewhere to go. I’ve met factory workers who know

their old jobs aren’t coming back and are trying to find their place.

To keep our society moving forward, we have a generational challenge

—

to not only

create new jobs, but create a renewed sense of purpose.

I remember the night I launched Facebook from my little dorm in Kirkland House. I

went to Noch’s with my friend KX. I remember telling him I was excited to connect

the Harvard community, but one day someone would connect the whole world.

The thing is, it never even occurred to me that someone might be us. We were just

college kids. We didn’t know anything about that. There were all these big technology

companies with resources. I just assumed one of them would do it. But this idea was

so clear to us

—

that all people want to connect. So we just kept moving forward, day

by day.

I know a lot of you will have your own stories just like this. A change in the world

that see

ms so clear you’re sure someone else will do it. But they won’t. You will.

But it’s not enough to have purpose yourself. You have to create a sense of purpose

for others.

I found that out the hard way. You see, my hope was never to build a company, but to

make an impact. And as all these people started joining us, I just assumed that’s what

they cared about too, so I never explained what I hoped we’d build.

A

couple

years

in,

some

big

companies

wanted

to

buy

us.

I

didn’t

want

to

sell.

I

wanted to see if we could connect more people. We were building the first News Feed,

and

I

thought

if

we

could

just

launch

this,

it

could

change

how

we

learn

about

the

world.

Nearly everyone else wanted to sell. Without a sense of higher purpose, this was the

startup

dream

come

true.

It

tore

our

company

apart.

After

one

tense

argument,

an

advisor told me if I didn’t agree to sell, I would regret the decision for the rest of my

life. Relationships were so frayed that within a year or so every single person on the

management team was gone.

That was my hardest time leading Facebook. I believed in what we were doing, but I

felt alone. And worse, it was my fault. I wondered if I was just wrong, an imposter, a

22 year-old kid who had no idea how the world worked.

Now,

years

later,

I

understand

that

*is*

how

things

work

with

no

sense

of

higher

purpose. It’s up to us to create it so we can all keep moving forward together.

Today I want to talk about three ways to create a world where everyone has a sense of

purpose:

by

taking

on

big

meaningful

projects

together,

by

redefining

equality

so

everyone has the freedom to pursue purpose, and by building community across the

world.

First, let’s take on big meaningful projects.

Our generation will have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation

like

self-driving

cars

and

trucks.

But

we

have

the

potential

to

do

so

much

more

together.

Every generation has its defining works. More than 300,000 people worked to put a

man on the moon

–

including that janitor. Millions of volunteers immunized children

around

the

world

against

polio.

Millions

of

more

people

built

the

Hoover

dam

and

other great projects.

These projects didn’t just provide purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave

our whole country a sense of pride that we could do great things.

Now it’s our turn to do great things. I know, you’re probably thinking: I don’t know

how to build a dam, or get a million people involved in anything.

But let me tell you a secret: no one does when they begin. Ideas don’t come out ful

ly

formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.

If

I

had

to

understand

everything

about

connecting

people

before

I

began,

I

never

would have started Facebook.

Movies and pop culture get this all wrong. The idea of a single eureka moment is a

dangerous

lie.

It

makes

us

feel

inadequate

since

we

haven’t

had

ours.

It

prevents

people with seeds of good ideas from getting started. Oh, you know what else movies

get

wrong

about

innovation?

No

one

writes

math

formulas

on

glass.

T

hat’s

not

a

thing.

It’s good to be idealistic. But be prepared to be misunderstood. Anyone working on a

big

vision

will

get

called

crazy,

even

if

you

end

up

right.

Anyone

working

on

a

complex

problem

will

get

blamed

for

not

fully

understanding

the

challenge,

even

though it’s impossible to know everything upfront. Anyone taking initiative will get

criticized for moving too fast, because there’s always someone who wants to slow you

down.

In

our

society,

we

often

don’t

do

big

things

because

we’re

so

afraid

of

making

mistakes that we ignore all the things wrong today if we do nothing. The reality is,

anything we do will have issues in the future. But that can’t keep us from starting.

So what are we waiting for? It’s time for our generation

-defining public works. How

about

stopping

climate

change

before

we

destroy

the

planet

and

getting

millions

of

people

involved

manufacturing

and

installing

solar

panels?

How

about

curing

all

diseases

and

asking

volunteers

to

track

their

health

data

and

share

their

genomes?

Today we spend 50x more treating people who are sick than we spend finding cures

so people don’t get sick in the first place. That makes no sense. We can fix this. How

about

modernizing

democracy

so

everyone

can

vote

online,

and

personalizing

education so everyone can learn?

These

achievements

are

within

our

reach.

Let’s

do

them

all

in

a

way

that

gives

everyone in our society a role. Let’s do big things, not only to create progress, but to

create purpose.