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when I was young there was an amazing publication called the Whole Earth publication called the Whole Earth Catalog which was one of the Bible's of

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Catalog which was one of the Bible's of my generation it was created by a fellow my generation it was created by a fellow named Stuart brand not far from here in

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named Stuart brand not far from here in Menlo Park and he brought it to life Menlo Park and he brought it to life with his poetic touch this was in the

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with his poetic touch this was in the late 60s before personal computers and late 60s before personal computers and desktop publishing so it was all made

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desktop publishing so it was all made with typewriters scissors and Polaroid with typewriters scissors and Polaroid cameras it was sort of like Google and

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cameras it was sort of like Google and paperback form 35 years before Google paperback form 35 years before Google came along it was idealistic overflowing

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came along it was idealistic overflowing with neat tools and great notions Stuart

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with neat tools and great notions Stuart and his team put out several issues of and his team put out several issues of the Whole Earth Catalog and then when it

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the Whole Earth Catalog and then when it had run its course they put out a final had run its course they put out a final issue

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issue it was the mid-1970s and I was your age it was the mid-1970s and I was your age on the back cover of their final issue

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on the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early-morning was a photograph of an early-morning country road the kind you might find

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country road the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous beneath it were the words

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adventurous beneath it were the words stay hungry stay foolish it was their stay hungry stay foolish it was their farewell message as they signed off stay

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farewell message as they signed off stay hungry stay foolish and I have always hungry stay foolish and I have always wished that for myself and now as you

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wished that for myself and now as you graduate to begin anew I wish that for graduate to begin anew I wish that for you stay hungry stay foolish thank you

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you stay hungry stay foolish thank you all very much

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - Stanford Speech

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