马特达蒙MIT毕业演讲.docx

Ｍatt Dａmｏｎ's Commenｃement address: "Ｔhere’s　mｏre at stake ｔodａy than　ｉn ａny stoｒｙ　eveｒ tｏｌd．"Tｈａｎk you.Tｈａnk　yｏu， Ｐresidｅnt Reｉf　—　ａnd ｔhａnk ｙou, Class of !Ｉｔ’ｓ　an　honｏｒ　to be ｐａrt ｏf this daｙ　— an　honor tｏ　be here wｉｔh ｙou,　ｗｉｔｈ your　frieｎds, yｏur ｐrofessors， anｄ　your pａrenｔs. But　ｌet’s be honeｓt — Ｉt’s an honoｒ　I ｄidｎ’t　earn.Let’s juｓt put that out theｒe. I mean, I’ve sｅｅn　the　lisｔ　oｆ ｐrevious ｃｏmmenｃeｍeｎt ｓpeaｋers: Noｂel Priｚe　wiｎners．　The UN Secｒetａry Gｅｎerａl． Pｒｅsｉdeｎｔ oｆ ｔhe　Wｏrlｄ Bａnk. Pｒesｉdent ｏf the　Uｎｉted States.And whｏ diｄ　you ｇet?　The ｇｕy who did ｔｈｅ　ｖoice foｒ a ｃartｏoｎ horsｅ.If ｙou’re wｏndering　ｗhｉch cartｏｏn　ｈorse： ｔhat’s　“Spｉrｉt： Ｓｔallion of　thｅ Cimarron．”Dｅfiniｔely one of mｙ beｓｔ perｆoｒmaｎces ..．　as　ａ cartooｎ ｈorse.Lｏok， Ｉ doｎ’t ｅveｎ haｖe a collｅge ｄｅgree. Ａs　you　migｈt have　heard,　I　went to Haｒvａｒｄ. Ｉ　ｊust ｄｉｄn’t　graduate fｒｏm Ｈarvard. I got pｒetｔy cｌosｅ, ｂut　I　sｔaｒｔed ｔo　get mｏvie roles　ａnd dｉdｎ’t finish all my courses.　I pｕt on　ａ caｐ anｄ ｇown　ａnｄ ｗaｌkeｄ with　ｍｙ　ｃlasｓ； my　Moｍ　ａｎd　Dad were there aｎd eｖerytｈing; I jｕｓt　nevｅｒ ｇot　ａｎ　actｕaｌ degrｅe.Yｏu cｏulｄ sａy Ｉ kind　of faｋe ｇｒadｕaｔed．So ｙoｕ ｃａn ｉmagine how ｅxciｔeｄ　I was whｅn Presｉｄent　Reif calleｄ to ｉnvｉte ｍe to spｅak aｔ the　ＭIＴ commeｎｃeｍent. Theｎ you cａn iｍａｇine how　sorry I　ｗａs tｏ ｌｅａrn that the MIT　ｃoｍmencｅmeｎt　ｓpeaｋeｒ dｏes ｎoｔ gｅt ｔo ｇo hｏme　ｗｉth　a degｒeｅ.So　ｙes, ｔoday， fｏr ｔｈｅ sｅcｏnd tiｍe　iｎ mｙ liｆe,　Ｉ am　ｆakｅ gradｕａtinｇ from a ｃollegｅ iｎ my　hｏｍetown.My　Mｏｍ anｄ　Daｄ　are　herｅ ａgaｉn..．And this tｉme I　brｏught mｙ wiｆｅ ａnd four　kids.　Ｗelcｏme, ｋiｄs, ｔo　Dａd’ｓ fakｅ gradｕatｉon．　Yｏu must be so proud．So aｓ Ｉ saｉd,　ｍy Mｏｍ ｉｓ　heｒe． She’ｓ　a profｅｓsoｒ,　so　ｓhe knｏws the ｖalｕe of aｎ ＭIT ｄｅgｒｅe．Ｓhｅ　also knows ｔｈat I　ｃoｕlｄn’t hａve goｔten　ｉｎ　here.I mｅan， Hａrｖａrd, ｙes． Ｏｒ ａ　ｓａfety schooｌ — like Yale.Look， Ｉ’m nｏt ｒunniｎg for ａnｙ kｉnd　of ｏffｉｃe. I　cａn say　...　pretｔｙ much wｈatever　Ｉ want.No,　I cｏuｌｄn’t ｈave　gotｔen　in　here, but Ｉ dｉｄ groｗ　ｕp hｅre. Grｅw up in tｈe ｎeighbｏrhood, ｉn thｅ ｓhadｏｗ of ｔhis　iｍpoｓｉng pｌacｅ.　My　brｏther　Kｙlｅ　and　I， and my ｆriend　Ｂｅn Aｆfｌeｃk—ｂrilliant guy, ｇｏｏｄ guｙ, never　rｅally　ａｍoｕnted　to much　— we aｌl greｗ up　ｈｅrｅ， ｉn　Ｃentral Squarｅ， chiｌdreｎ　of　this soｍeｔimes roｃky marｒiａge ｂetwｅen　thｉs ｃity ａnd its gｒeat ｉnsｔitutions.Tｏ　us, MIT was kiｎd ｏf Tｈe　Ｍan ..． Thｉs big,　impｒeｓsive，　impｅrsonal force ..．　Thａt was　our proｖinciａl,　ｋnee-ｊerｋ, teenage reactｉｏn,　anyway.Then Beｎ aｎd　Ｉ　shoｔ a moｖｉe　hｅre.One oｆ　tｈe scｅneｓ in Gｏｏd　Ｗill　Hunting waｓ ｂasｅd oｎ　sｏmｅthing that actｕally hａppｅｎｅｄ ｔｏ my ｂrｏther.　Kylｅ was vｉsiｔｉng a ｐhｙｓiｃisｔ　we kneｗ at MＩT, and he ｗas walking down ｔhe Iｎfｉniｔｅ Ｃoｒridｏr. Hｅ sａw ｔhoｓe ｂｌacｋboａrdｓ tｈａｔ line　the　hallｓ. Ｓo mｙ ｂｒｏｔher, who’ｓ aｎ ａrtisｔ, pickｅd ｕp some chaｌk and　ｗroｔe ａn　incrｅdiｂly　elａｂoratｅ, totａlly fake, version　of an equatｉon.It　ｗas so cｏol ａnｄ so　compｌetelｙ ｉnsaｎe　that no oｎｅ　eｒaｓed　it fｏｒ months. Tｈiｓ is ｔrｕｅ.Anyway, Kｙle came　back ａnd　he ｓａid， you guys, ｌisｔen tｏ　thｉｓ ．．. Tｈey’ｖｅ got blackboards　rｕnｎｉｎg　ｄｏｗｎ ｔｈe hａll！ Bｅcaｕse these ｋids aｒｅ sｏ smａｒt tｈey just neeｄ ｔo, yｏｕ ｋｎow,　droｐ everｙtｈiｎg　aｎd solve　prｏblemｓ！It wａs　then ｗe knew fｏr sｕre　we　could neveｒ have gotten in.Ｂut like I saｉd, wｅ latｅr made a ｍovｉｅ here. Whiｃh did　ｎot ｇo　unnotiｃed on caｍpuｓ. In fact Ｉ’d like to ｒead yｏｕ　somｅ　actual　ｌｉｎeｓ, sｏmｅ selecｔed pａsｓａｇｅs， froｍ ｔhe reｖiｅw　oｆ Gooｄ Wｉｌl Huntiｎg iｎ the MIT sｃhool ｐaper.Oh，　and if yoｕ　haｖen’t ｓeｅｎ it, Wiｌl wａs me,　aｎd Seａn ｗas　pｌayed by the late Rｏbin Ｗｉlｌｉams, a mａn I miｓs　a hｅlｌ　oｆ ａ　lot.Ｓo I’m ｑｕｏting hｅｒe: “Good Will Ｈuntiｎｇ　is very entertaｉｎｉｎg； bｕt then agａin， aｎy　moviｅ partiaｌｌy sｅｔ aｔ MIＴ has ｔo be.”Ｔｈｅre’ｓ mｏre．　“Iｎ the　enｄ．..,”　ｔhe reｖｉewｅｒ wｒiteｓ,“the ａctual ｃharacter developｍent fliｅｓ　out tｈe window． Wiｌｌ ａnd Ｓeａｎ ｔaｌｋ, bond, ｓｏlvｅ　ｅaｃh oｔｈer’s problemｓ, and tｈen ｃry ａnd huｇ eacｈ otheｒ. Ａfteｒ　ｓａiｄ　crｙiｎg aｎd hｕgging, ｔhe movie ｅnｄｓ... Such feel-ｇooｄ pretｅnｔｉoｕsness　is defｉnitｅly　ｎoｔ　ｍｙ ｍuｇ ｏf egｇnog.”Well,　thｉs kind　of hｕrｔs　my　feeliｎｇｓ.But ｄoｎ’t ｗorry: I ｎow kｎｏw beｔｔｅｒ ｔhan ｔｏ cｒy at ＭIT．Ｂut look, I’ｍ hapｐy to　ｂe here anyway.　I miｇht　sｔiｌl　ｂe ａ knｅe-ｊerk teenaｇｅr in key　respects, bｕt Ｉ ｋnoｗ an aｍaｚing sｃhoｏl　wｈen I sｅe it． Ｗe’re ｌuｃky ｔo ｈａｖｅ ＭＩT in　Bｏston. Ａnd we’re ｌｕcky ｉt drａws the pｅople it　ｄoｅｓ, pｅｏple like yoｕ， ｆｒom ａroｕnｄ　tｈe worｌｄ.I mean， yｏｕ’ｒｅ　workｉng ｏn some　crazｙ ｓtuｆｆ　in these bｕｉlｄiｎgs. Stuｆf　thaｔ ｗouｌd freak　me　ｏｕt　if　I aｃtually underｓｔｏoｄ it. Theoｒｉes, moｄelｓ, paradigm shifts.I’ｌl　teｌl yｏu one ｔｈat’s been　oｎ ｍy mind: Sｉｍulaｔion Ｔｈeory.Ｍaybe　ｙou’ve heａrd oｆ iｔ. Maｙbe you took a class wｉth Max　Tegmaｒk.Well,　fｏr the　uniｎitiａtｅd,　ｔhere’ｓ　ａ pｈiloｓopher nameｄ Nｉck Ｂｏstｒom　at Oｘｆord, aｎd he’s poｓtulated thａt iｆ thｅre’ｓ a truly　advanced　ｆorm　of iｎtelligence out　therｅ　ｉn ｔhe universｅ,　then it’s pｒoｂａbly aｄｖａncｅd enｏuｇh to run simulations　of entire worｌds — mａyｂｅ ｔrilｌionｓ of　ｔｈeｍ — maybe eｖeｎ　ｏur own.Tｈe ｂａsic idea, ａs　I ｕnderstaｎｄ it, is　ｔｈat ｗe　cｏuld ｂe lｉving ｉn a massivｅ ｓimulaｔiｏn run　by　a　ｆａｒ ｓmarter ｃivi。