As the mother and mother-in-law of a Mudd graduate (aka mudder mother) I'm so glad you were asked to speak and rose to the occasion. My son's graduation speaker was a successful tech entrepreneur braggart who illustrated EVERYTHING wrong in tech. The school isn't yet where they want to be but they are trying harder to make the change they want to see. Great speech to the perfect audience. thank you!!
I’m a 1985 graduate from HMC, and I was thrilled to know that this year’s graduates will be walking into the next chapters of their lives having heard your message. Thank you for delivering it to them.
Thanks for coming to Mudd, leaning into the boldness, and pushing back against zero-sum thinking.
I appreciated the anecdote about the conversation with your son, which made me think of this Ezra Klein interview with Richard Reeves a few years ago. Richard also pushes back against the zero-sum mindset when thinking about how to create a world where boys and girls alike can thrive and your suggestions in the TIME piece seemed consonant with his suggestions that we help find ways for men to enter careers in health, education, administration, and literacy (HEAL). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-transcript-richard-reeves.html
As the mother and mother-in-law of a Mudd graduate (aka mudder mother) I'm so glad you were asked to speak and rose to the occasion. My son's graduation speaker was a successful tech entrepreneur braggart who illustrated EVERYTHING wrong in tech. The school isn't yet where they want to be but they are trying harder to make the change they want to see. Great speech to the perfect audience. thank you!!
Thank you so much for the kind words! A "mudder mother," I love that.
I’m a 1985 graduate from HMC, and I was thrilled to know that this year’s graduates will be walking into the next chapters of their lives having heard your message. Thank you for delivering it to them.
Thanks for coming to Mudd, leaning into the boldness, and pushing back against zero-sum thinking.
I appreciated the anecdote about the conversation with your son, which made me think of this Ezra Klein interview with Richard Reeves a few years ago. Richard also pushes back against the zero-sum mindset when thinking about how to create a world where boys and girls alike can thrive and your suggestions in the TIME piece seemed consonant with his suggestions that we help find ways for men to enter careers in health, education, administration, and literacy (HEAL). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-transcript-richard-reeves.html
Hope that you return to Mudd soon!
It was such a pleasure to be there! And thanks for sharing, I'll give this a listen.