# 5 Timeless Commencement Addresses

<http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/06/10/best-commencement-graduation-speeches/>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

It’s graduation season, so commencement addresses by actors, politicians, writers, musicians and other luminaries are sweeping the world of higher education across the entire spectrum of mediocrity and profound wisdom. Let’s use this as an invitation to remember some of the most compelling, provocative and deeply inspirational speeches of years past. Here are five of my all-time favorites.

## Facts

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## Same host

- [Beyond the Dunbar Number: Picking Dunbar's Brain](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/52d263a66d92/) (brainpickings.org, May 30, 2011)

## Saved the same week

- [Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/aa3531973fef/) (cnet.com, June 10, 2011)
- [Why a JavaScript hater thinks everyone needs to learn JavaScript in the next year](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9062c1067ae6/) (radar.oreilly.com, June 10, 2011)
- [JVectorMap](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f62c91984ef7/) (jvectormap.com, June 10, 2011)
- [Steve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/04f2f6c9511d/) (youtube.com, June 10, 2011)
- [Whats Your Start-ups Bus Count? 7 Myths of Entrepreneurship and Programming](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8279f79e0d3b/) (fourhourworkweek.com, June 10, 2011)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/06/10/best-commencement-graduation-speeches/