Obviously, we have not forgotten documentary filmmaker Tiffany Shlain’s 2010 commencement experiment — the video montage in tribute to Berkeley grads’ apparent disconnect from the real world and inevitable disillusionment awaiting them just around the bend. That’s our take on it, anyway; to quote Jill Cowan in all her eloquent glory:
The bad news is that all of these people are going to have their hopes dashed against the cruel, rocky cliffs of reality, like so many crippled sea lions in a storm-swept sea … filled with oil.
Bearing that in mind, we figured it would be nice if this year’s speaker represented a less idealistic vision of the uphill battle that most new graduates are going to face. You know: someone who wasn’t born into a fortune, who fought the tides of economic inequality and won, who can convince us our B.A. in impracticality was not achieved in vain! (:pant pant:)
Apparently, the Californians (the group that organizes commencement) had the same idea: hence selecting read more »
Tags:2011 commencement, irwin jacobs, Jill Cowan, paul jacobs, qualcomm, Tiffany Shlain
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