What Steve Jobs Told the Stanford Graduates

Do you remember how you felt at your graduation? No matter how you slice it, it’s a memorable moment. Even when you graduate from kindergarten.

Some are lucky enough that, in such an exciting moment (i.e. just when the mind is more receptive, as a psychologist would say), they get to listen to the speech of an important guest. Someone who really has something to say. Someone who can influence their evolution.

This happened in 2005 when the graduates of the prestigious Stanford University in California had the privilege to listen to Steve Jobs. At that time, Mac devices were back after passing to OS X a few years earlier, and iPods were on the roll.

Looking back, Steve Jobs’ speech was an anthological one. And time passing gives it different shades. Here he is – with annotations that will surprise you…

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Olga Murray – from Her Childhood in Transylvania to Nepalese Children

Have you ever heard of Olga Murray? No? Understandable, she’s not a star. Nor a rich business women. She is just a retired old lady.

You’ll say that you have better things to do than read about old ladies, even about nice ones.

But I will let you in on a secret: Olga has super-powers.

She can’t fly like Superman, nor climb on walls like Spider-man. But she does something that not even superheroes consider easy: she changes mentalities. And not for some people, but for a whole country. Maybe even more.

Marvel at how a retired woman, instead of resting under Florida’s sun, decided that it would be better to change the lives of generations.

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7 Fashion Shoes for Women from Centuries Ago

We have shoes with heels high as standing cats, fine sandals, and boots growing higher and higher. As seen on yesterday’s movie stars, high heels and gorgeous shoes last for some generations now. But what did our ancestors wear to impress men?

Actually, the traditional footwear of some nations is based on some natural science knowledge. Furthermore, despite the fact that the majority of them are as down-to-earth as they could be, you could find some geographical and historical elements within them.

There’s another very interesting aspect that can be seen when studying shoes (I feel like Polly McShane dealing with Lithuania and its spoons). If you take a look at each pair of shoes, they would seem very distinct and a difficult fit in the end. But if you take an overall look at all of the footwear, you’ll notice that they’re very similar to those of neighboring nations, other countries of the same continent, or you could recognize some similarities in nations from other continents.

Moreover, did you know that some century-old footwear was adapted and are underlying the ordinary summer flip-flops?

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The Largest Birds Currently Extinct (More Than You Could Imagine)

What would you do if you could travel in time? What moment from the past would you choose? I think I know the first answer that comes to mind! I would also like to relive a moment from my past and do things differently, but this is not what I am referring to.

I was thinking about a return to more distant times. How was life on Earth several million years ago? This is the period I would like us to visit together.

Only the imagination, for now! I have not yet discovered a time machine to take us there.

And if we get there, at least we know that not everything that glitters is gold. Or that not all birds fly (but we already knew that).

Let’s see which are the largest birds currently extinct. I will not rank the birds, because each, in its own way, is great – just like you can not compare half a ton to 7 meters. But I will give you a lot of astonishing details about these magnificent creatures. That way we’ll know which ones to beware of if we really ever travel in time. Or which ones to befriend!

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Simon Morris – the Levitation Man (with a Lit-up Floating Lightbulb)

Science has found many ways to achieve levitation. It’s still astonishing, even when you realize how it’s done. And yet, you wonder why we don’t see this more often?

That’s the same question Simon Morris asked himself. So he decided to make it his life’s goal to bring levitation to you. How you ask? Wait and see…

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