Joss Whedon delivered a humorous, thought-provoking, and violently wind-tossed commencement speech to Wesleyan University graduates a few days ago.
I wish someone had told me this stuff at my commencement—or during any of twelve or so commencement speeches I witnessed either in cap and gown or in the bassoonist’s chair with the “Pomp & Circumstance” pit crew. At the very least, I wish each of those speeches had been as brief.
But I suppose at the time, Mr. Whedon was just figuring it out himself:
The transcript is here, if you’d like to read along.
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