Mark Rober, the popular YouTuber /engineer / and inventor who works to encourage young people to take up science and tech careers gave this year’s Commencement address to the MIT Class of 2023.
Hi short — 20 minute — speech was humorous, and sprinkled with some solid life advice.
In introducing himself he said:
“I’m Mark Rober, a former Apple and NASA mechanical engineer who became a YouTuber. And yes, I know to some of you it sounds like I just said I quit the NBA to work at Foot Locker, or traded a Picasso for an NFT of a stoned monkey. But I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he began.
His third piece of advice to the graduates was ‘to put effort into fostering relationships with friends, family, and coworkers, and to assume the best of people,’ good counseling for all of us.
Naturally, he made an unusual exit after encouraging everyone to “engage in occasional playful anarchy.” A drone he had built flew his graduation cap up in the air instead of the traditional throwing it.