Elon Musk 为金融支付、航空航天、汽车、能源及AI 技术等多领域做出了杰出贡献;他对现实存在的问题和未来发展,有独到的见解:关于教育、法律的制定、制造业的发展、世界的连接、经济及科技发展的方向性问题等。
哈佛作为美国一流名校,需要倾听顶尖企业家、科学家的声音,引领年轻一代走向未来。
强烈建议哈佛,考虑Elon Musk为下一位Commencement speaker。
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这是,自2000年以来的Commencement speakers:
Commencement speakers
- 2022: Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 2021: Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, president emerita of both Brown University and Smith College
- 2020: Martin Baron, editor of The Washington Post
- 2019: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany – (video)
- 2018: John Lewis, civil rights activist and US representative representing Georgia
- 2017: Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook
- 2016: Steven Spielberg, film director, producer, and screenwriter – (video; text)
- 2015: Deval Patrick, 71st Governor of Massachusetts – (video)
- 2014: Michael Bloomberg, businessman and philanthropist, former Mayor of New York City – (video; audio; text)
- 2013: Oprah Winfrey, businesswoman and talk show host – (video; audio; text)
- 2012: Fareed Zakaria, journalist, author, former TIME editor – ("We Live in an Age of Progress" video; text)
- 2011: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 24th President of Liberia – (video)
- 2010: David Souter, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (video; text)
- 2009: Steven Chu, former United States Secretary of Energy (video; text)
- 2008: J. K. Rowling, author, Harry Potter series – ("The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination" video; text)
- 2007: Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder – ("Great Expectations" video; text)
- 2006: Jim Lehrer, author and journalist – (video)
- 2005: John Lithgow, actor and author – ("An Actor's Own Words" text)
- 2004: Kofi Annan, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations ("Three Crises, and the Need for American Leadership" text)
- 2003: Ernesto Zedillo, 54th President of Mexico
- 2002: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former US senator representing New York ("Civilization Need Not Die")
- 2001: Robert Rubin, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 2000: Amartya Sen, economist and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University ("Global Doubts")