In his commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman and chief executive, had words of wisdom for graduates: Use live search.
Not Microsoft Live Search, of course. Mr. Schmidt meant a different competitor—the real world.
“Turn off your computer,” he told the Class of 2009. “You’re actually going to have to turn off your phone and discover all that is human around us. Nothing beats holding the hand of your grandchild as he walks his first steps.”
The complete speech is available on YouTube. But Mr. Schmidt, whose company owns the video site, would probably recommend that you don’t waste a lot of time watching it. —Josh Fischman
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