Words of Wisdom to new Graduates

[Ian Curtis]

At my own own commencement a few weeks ago our keynote speaker gave a canned decidedly boring uninspiring speech. They gave an honorary degree to Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy and his comments were very good. He brought a bunch of quotes about technology, the most interesting of which was the following from the mid 1830s.

Originally Posted by Dionysius Lardner

Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.

Worth noting that the Atlantic was crossed by both the Sirius and the Great Western in 1838. The Voyage to the moon came roughly 130 years later.