Dude gave them a way out of their problems and gets booed. Did you hear his sigh …

I think the issue is how he delivered this message. It wasn’t well written or inspiring - and I think that’s what people are looking for in commencement speeches. Never mind that most speeches are useless garbage anyway, but they are written to sound good. He just didn’t sound good.

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A bit harsh , I think he did alright , he might have been studying geography πŸ’œπŸ«‚

Yeah, way better than anything I would came up with

It’s lovely to see these younglings giving it a maxi vibe ! The future is bright for him and I for one applaud that πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

Beats the normal shite violins 🎻

Good for him.

Yeah he had the right message but not the correct delivery for the audience. And I also agree with your other comment that he should have hinted at it rather than gone into an explicit defense of it. He framed himself on the back foot and forced himself into a situation where he was defending it. What he should have done is setup a framing that forced the audience to defend the idea of holding value in money that the govt can print endlessly, showed how nightmarish a set wage/salary is in an inflationary environment, and then talked about the massive counterparty risks in investing and how easily that unravels.

Then he should have targeted the IDEA that we need a better money and posed to the audience, β€œIf you are thinking about how much money you want to make, without thinking of the nature and type of money you are making, the future will not be kind to you.” Then left it open.

Yep

well said

At least he tried and I think we've all done the "sigh" many times with family or friends.