A commencement address framed the future as unpredictable and filled with uncertainty. The speaker emphasized responsibility to prepare graduates for what may come, noting that even prominent figures cannot know what will happen. He used examples of planning for contingencies to illustrate the need for flexibility. He also described his own transition from a long-established public role to a new one, explaining that comfort with a familiar identity can end when circumstances change. He highlighted the need to make crucial decisions during transitions and to adapt to new routines and responsibilities as life moves forward.
"“It is my responsibility, as a commencement speaker, to prepare you for what awaits you in the future,” Colbert told the crowd during his commencement address. “Here it is. No one has any idea what's going to happen-not even Elon Musk. That's why he's building those rockets. He wants a 'Plan B' on another world.”"
"“I just spent many years learning to do one thing really well,” Colbert said. “I got so comfortable with that place, that role, those responsibilities, that it came to define how I saw myself. But now that part of my life is over.”"
"“It's time to say goodbye to the person we've become, we've worked so hard to perfect, and to make some crucial decisions [...] For me, I'll have to figure out how to do an hour-long show every night,” Colbert said. “And you, at some point, will have to sleep,” he a"
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