The best grad speech I've heard

Paul Graham, computer scientist, author, painter, and dot-com millionaire, writes "What You'll Wish You'd Known". I think he really nails it.

And yet every May, speakers all over the country fire up the Standard Graduation Speech, the theme of which is: don't give up on your dreams. I know what they mean, but this is a bad way to put it, because it implies you're supposed to be bound by some plan you made early on.

An interesting read for anyone, high school students and supposed grown-ups alike.