I think I kind of nailed the seven minutes part. But the topic that I chose was basically pointing your energy towards something that you care about a lot, and that makes it easy to dive in and really make a difference in that thing. Obviously for me it's, you know, these tech videos, but these are graduates of a tech school and a business school and all sorts of stuff, so they have a bright future ahead of them. And also, they were kind enough to give me an honorary doctorate degree while I was there. So the running joke is like, autocorrect and all those autocaptions from years ago would always say weird things instead of MKBHD, and one of them was MKPHD, and now that feels kind of like foreshadowing instead. Kind of prophetic. Impressive. Anyway, figured I'd share this in case it was inspirational to anyone who's young, who is graduating, who is also in the right demographic to enjoy it. So I'll let it take it from here.

私は7分間という部分に釘付けになったと思う。でも、私が選んだトピックは、基本的に、自分がとても気にかけていることにエネルギーを向けることで、そのことに飛び込んで、本当に変化を起こすことが簡単にできる、というものでした。もちろん、僕にとっては技術系のビデオなんだけど、彼らは技術系の学校やビジネス・スクール、その他いろいろなものを卒業した人たちだから、彼らには明るい未来が待っているんだ。それに、私が在学中に名誉博士号を授与してくれたんだ。オートコレクトや数年前のオートキャプションは、いつもMKBHDの代わりに

So I'm told I have seven minutes to really make an impression on you guys. Most of the videos are heavily edited and way longer than seven minutes, so I'll try to keep it concise here so you can graduate. But first of all, I feel like I stand in front of you a little bit shocked at where we are, because I feel like I was just there not that long ago, like a minute ago, I was sitting here graduating from Stevens, but then I checked and it was nine years ago, so 2015, it's like ancient history to you guys, so they say time flies.

だから、7分間で皆さんに印象を残せると聞いている。ほとんどのビデオは編集が多く、7分よりずっと長いので、ここでは簡潔にまとめて、皆さんが卒業できるようにしたいと思います。というのも、ついこの間まで、つまり1分前まで、スティーブンスを卒業するためにここに座っていたのに、ふと確認したら9年前だったんです。

But when President Favardin invited me to come back here and give the commencement speech to you all, the class of 2024, the school that I graduated from, I'm obviously honored and excited and maybe a little bit nervous, there's a lot of people here, but I want to give you guys two things. I prepared two things for you. One is for now, and one is for later.

しかし、ファバルディン学長から、私が卒業した学校である2024年度卒業生である皆さんに、ここに戻って卒業式のスピーチをするよう招待されたとき、私は明らかに光栄で興奮しているし、少し緊張しているかもしれない。君たちのために2つのものを用意した。ひとつは今のために、もうひとつは後のために。

So I'll start with the thing for now. And I'm going to start with a quote, actually.

ということで、とりあえずアレから始めることにする。そして、実はある言葉から始めようと思う。

So it goes like this. As a large language model, I cannot help with your request to write a commencement speech. Just kidding. I'm kidding. Kidding. I wrote this whole thing myself. I thought you guys would like that. But I'm actually going to start with a quote from an Ultimate Frisbee teammate, so I know that's not the reason I'm here, but a lot of you guys may know I played Ultimate Frisbee when I went here to Stevens. I still play to this day. I remember really, really early in my Ultimate Frisbee career, sort of the beginning of freshman year, there's a tryout process, and then the team was formed. And

つまりこうだ。私は大規模な言語モデルとして、卒業式のスピーチを書いてほしいというあなたの依頼に協力することはできません。冗談です。冗談です。冗談です。全部自分で書いたんだ。君たちが喜ぶと思ったんだ。でも、実はアルティメット・フリスビーのチームメイトの言葉から始めようと思っているんだ。だから、僕がここに来た理由はそれじゃないんだけど、僕がスティーブンスに入学したときにアルティメット・フリスビーをやっていたことは、多くの人が知っているかもしれないね。今でもプレーしている。私がアルティメット・フリスビーを始めた

I remember we went to our first tournament. We were all in the huddle before our first game as a team. And the captain said, hey, guys, everybody take a beat, just take a deep breath, and just look around this huddle for a second. Like, really appreciate this moment of becoming a team for the first time. Because you're going to blink, and the whole season is going to be over way faster than you think. And he was totally right. You know, there's obviously we played the game, there was lots of long points, and then lots of long weekends of practices and travel, and it's a grind, but we loved every second of it, and we all evolved a lot as teammates and as players, and it was great. But at the end of the season, we could all remember that first huddle. We remembered that moment of just taking a beat. So while I have the chance, I want to encourage you all, sitting here with the gowns and the hats and everything, to just take a beat and look around at your fellow classmates and your friends, people who you just spent a lot of time with, your families here. This is your day to celebrate, and starting the next chapter of your life, but I also promise you that you're going to blink, and it's going to be ten years later. So take a minute to enjoy where you are now. Now for later. I give you that for now, something for later.

初めてトーナメントに出たときのことを覚えている。チームとして最初の試合の前に、みんなでハドルを組んだんだ。そしてキャプテンが言ったんだ、みんな、ちょっと一息ついて、深呼吸して、ちょっとこのハドルを見回してごらん。初めてチームになったこの瞬間に感謝するんだ。まばたきしたら、シーズンはあっという間に終わってしまうんだから。そして彼はまったく正しかった。試合はもちろん、長いポイントもたくさんあったし、長い週末の練習や遠征もたくさんあって、大変だったけど、僕らはその1秒1秒が大好きだったし、チームメイトとして、選

Here's the thing. I've always struggled with giving advice, I feel like. I don't know if

こういうことだ。私はいつもアドバイスをすることに苦労してきた。どうだろう？

President Favarda knew that when he invited me to give a commencement speech, but I feel like I get asked to give advice a lot, and I don't really know what to say. Typically, it's like, here are some things that I learned, and I can pass them along to you, but I've got to be honest. I feel like a lot of my success comes from giving advice, and I feel like a lot of my success, you know, was the state of the world, finding a niche, capitalizing on good luck, like there wasn't really any playbook or set of things that I strictly followed that I can pass along. It kind of felt just like it was something that I really dove into because it was exciting to me. So now I'm in this bizarre position of trying to give advice, but the more I've thought about it, the more I feel like the best advice that I can give you is to find something that gets you excited. That's really what it comes down to. So you're all sitting here today because you've made it to the end of a very challenging process called college, starting the next chapter of your lives, and you're armed with a bunch of tools that you picked up along the way. You're basically at a launching pad. You just need somewhere to point that energy, somewhere to dial it up all the way to 100. And so I really feel like my best advice for you is this is the perfect time to take a minute and ask yourself those big questions like who am I? What do

ファバーダ学長は、私を卒業式スピーチに招いたとき、そのことを知っていた。しかし、私はアドバイスを求められることが多いように感じる。典型的なのは、私が学んだことをいくつか紹介するから、それをみんなに伝えてくれ、というようなものだ。私の成功の多くは、アドバイスをすることから生まれているような気がするし、私の成功の多くは、世界の状況、ニッチを見つけること、幸運を生かすことだったような気がする。ただ、自分にとってエキサイティングなことだから飛び込んでみたという感じだ。だから今、私はアドバイスしようという奇妙な立場

I really want to do? What do I care about? How do I want to make an impact? How do I want to give back? What makes you feel excited? What makes you feel nervous? You've already been challenged, clearly, and you've made a lot of tough choices. You've had to learn new skills. I went to Stevens, I know. You had to solve problems in innovative ways.

本当にやりたいことは何だろう？自分は何に関心があるのか？どう影響を与えたいのか？どのように恩返しをしたいのか？何があなたをワクワクさせるのか？何を不安に感じるか？あなたはすでに挑戦し、明らかに多くの厳しい選択をしてきた。新しいスキルを学ばなければならなかった。私はスティーブンスに行ったからわかる。革新的な方法で問題を解決しなければならなかった。

You had to work alone. You had to work in groups. You had to make time for things that are really challenging. So you have all these tools, but purpose is also a tool. And to me, I feel like it's the most powerful one. It won't necessarily be a smooth ride finding what that is for you. Some of you are already sitting here like I know what it is. I know what I want to do. Some of you, it may take trying something. It may be taking a risk.

一人で仕事をしなければならなかった。グループで仕事をしなければならなかった。本当にチャレンジングなことのために時間を作らなければならなかった。だから、これらすべてのツールがあるわけだけど、目的もまたツールなんだ。私にとっては、それが最も強力なものだと感じている。それが自分にとって何なのかを見つけるのは、必ずしもスムーズな道のりではないだろう。すでにここに座っている人もいるだろう。自分が何をしたいのか分かっている。何かをやってみようとする人もいるだろう。リスクを冒すことになるかもしれない。

For some of you, like me, it may be something that literally doesn't exist yet, which is very exciting. But whatever it is you decide to do, making a dent in the universe is much easier when you care deeply about that part of the universe. So for me, it was tech videos on the internet, but for all of you, the sky's the limit, clearly. So I'll end with this. Graduation is an exciting time. It's also a great word. Graduation. It's also a great album. But you actually, you graduate many times as a person, I think. You continue to level up and build and graduate over and over again yourself. I mean, obviously, wow, you obviously already had high school graduation. You're having, for many of you, this is your formal education graduation, but you might also have your first job graduation or your second job graduation or learning a new skill graduation or overcoming a new fear graduation or maybe you talk to someone and you get inspired and absorb some information that unlocks a new part of your brain. That's another graduation right there. So class of 2024, I wish you many more graduations. This certainly will not be the last one. Congrats on getting to this launching pad and from one duck to another, congrats and good luck. Thank you.

私のように、文字どおりまだ存在しないことかもしれないし、それはとてもエキサイティングなことだ。しかし、あなたが何をしようと決めたとしても、宇宙の一部に深く関心を持つことで、宇宙をへこませることはずっと簡単になる。私にとって、それはインターネット上の技術ビデオでしたが、皆さんにとっては、明らかに限界があります。だから、これで終わりにしよう。卒業はエキサイティングな時です。素晴らしい言葉でもある。卒業。素晴らしいアルバムでもある。でも実際には、人として何度も卒業するんだと思う。何度も何度もレベルアップし、成長

Thank you.

ありがとう。