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Mark Rober launches flying graduation cap at MIT commencement [1]

['Rusty Blazenhoff']

Date: 2023-06-03

The 2023 graduating class at Massachusetts Institute of Technology had their commencement speech delivered by engineer, inventor, and YouTuber Mark Rober. Most notably, he punctuated his speech with a twist on the traditional graduation cap toss by attaching a drone to his mortarboard and sending it flying above MIT's Great Dome. He remarked, "Anybody can toss their hat in the air. We see it at every graduation — but few have dared to make it actually fly."

In his address, Rober urged the graduates to embrace optimism, collaboration, and to forge ahead into their futures with unwavering resolve. Drawing on his own experiences, from NASA to Apple to YouTube, he advised the graduates to "embrace naïve optimism," "frame your failures," and "foster your relationships." He used the analogy of a game, suggesting that overcoming life's challenges was akin to crossing a rocky river.

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