Larry Page

Commencement speeches are often a source of inspiration, because even the crustiest curmudgeon can't seem to bring himself or herself to rain on the parade of a sea of hopeful 22 year olds on their way into the “real world.”  And sometimes, the commencement speaker is a hopeless dreamer anyway, which makes for even more inspiration in that moment of possibility.  Here is a little bit of what Google co-founder Larry Page said to this year’s crop of graduates at the University of Michigan (my alma mater)