In his MIT commencement address, Mark Rober, a former Apple and NASA mechanical engineer turned YouTuber, shared three pieces of advice based on his experiences:
1. **Embrace Naive Optimism**: Rober encourages the graduating class to approach life with an optimistic mindset, even when faced with uncertainty. He suggests that this optimism can help when making big life decisions and can be especially beneficial when you're unsure of what you want to accomplish in the future.
2. **Frame Your Failures**: Rober argues that failures should be viewed as learning opportunities rather than setbacks. He shares an experiment he conducted with his YouTube followers, where those who didn't lose points for failing a puzzle were more likely to succeed.
3. **Foster Your Relationships**: Rober emphasizes the importance of maintaining close relationships. He suggests that our brains are hardwired for social interaction, and we can use a technique called "confirmation bias" to strengthen our relationships. By assuming good intentions from others, our brains naturally seek to find evidence supporting this belief.
After delivering his advice, Rober engaged in a bit of playful anarchy by attempting to make his graduation cap fly. He concluded his speech by encouraging the graduates to go out and make a positive impact on the world.
1. The speaker, Mark Rober, delivered the MIT commencement address. [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:00.00: This is the kind of view you only get if you engineer your graduation cap with the ability to fly.\n00:00:07.20: I had the honor to give the MIT commencement address, but here's the thing.")]
2. Rober is a former Apple and NASA mechanical engineer who became a YouTuber. [Source: Document(page_content="00:02:16.70: I'm Mark Rober, a former Apple and NASA mechanical engineer who became a YouTuber.")]
3. The commencement speech was the first written entirely by chatGPT, a new technology. [Source: Document(page_content="00:01:56.30: Just as this is the first commencement speech written entirely by chatGPT.")]
4. Rober shared three pieces of advice based on his life experience: embrace naive optimism, frame failures as learning opportunities, and foster relationships. [Source: Document(page_content="00:03:53.92: So in order to increase your chances of making the cut, I want to give you three pieces of advice based off my life experience.")]
5. Rober also suggested engaging in occasional playful anarchy as a fourth piece of advice. [Source: Document(page_content="00:16:58.38: For piece of advice number four, engage in occasional playful anarchy.")]
6. Rober's speech was notable for its humor and playfulness, including a stunt where he attempted to make his graduation cap fly. [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:00.00: This is the kind of view you only get if you engineer your graduation cap with the ability to fly.")]
7. Rober mentioned that the world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and the world is different even from four years ago. [Source: Document(page_content="00:01:49.00: Despite our world changing at an unprecedented pace, the world is so different even from four years ago.")]
8. The graduating class of 2023 was the first to persevere through a global pandemic. [Source: Document(page_content="00:01:49.00: For example, for the undergrads, you are the first graduating class to have persevered through a global pandemic.")]
9. Rober shared his own story of transitioning from a NASA engineer to a YouTuber, and how he found success in both roles. [Source: Document(page_content="00:02:30.00: I sort of feel at home here because Buzz Aldrin went to MIT. And just like me, Buzz was a NASA engineer.")]
10. Rober encouraged the graduating class to leverage confirmation bias to enhance their relationships, suggesting that assuming good intentions can help find evidence to support it. [Source: Document(page_content="00:14:37.18: The trick is to positively apply confirmation bias to your relationships.")]