2016 Stanford Commencement address by Ken Burns

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns delivered the keynote address at Stanford University's 125th Commencement ceremony on June 12, 2016.

[@kkdcity6554]

This priceless speech is something (!) we all should share with friends, family and “understandably scared”

[@rickyyulizardi8135]

I keep coming back just to again listen to this commencement speech... really are points based on history.. advices are still good for Today's challenge

[@jhkailewis]

just awesome!

[@missUn1verse81]

Ken Burns makes great documentaries.

[@takecareofyrshoes]

there’s an understatement.

[@bitkahuna]

no he makes insufferably slow documentaries that are like books people keep on shelves that they've never read.

[@takecareofyrshoes]

bitkahuna makes sense he’d be doing a stanford commencement speech because he’s so horrible. gtfoh

[@johngalt60]

Too bad he is completely full of 💩

[@perspellman]

Studying history is trying to understand yourself, and any other subject for that matter.

[@kennyw871]

Well America, there you go. You were warned. But you didn't listen. It's now June 2019 and look at the mess America is in and it's far from over. In fact, it's likely going to get a lot worse before the Donald Trump era finally ends in America. I hope Ken Burns lives long enough to document just how bad it got, if not, it caused a second Civil War in America.

[@perspellman]

I hope he lives to be one of those who can make a war not being so bad.

[@springsogourne]

What America are you living in ? Sad so many folks got sucked into the hatred spewed by the Left and the MSM. It’s 2021 and how’s things going for you now? Russian building up forces, N Korea launching missiles again, boarder crisis, Israel and Palestinian conflicts, trillions of dollars in debt....tell me, what was so awful about the Trump era other than the hatred spewed by MSM and the Left?

[@johngalt60]

​@@springsogourne fast forward to 2024 and look what 3+ years of the Biden/Harris administration has wrought 😮

[@leminpudding6512]

what the hell are you talking about?great econonmy low gas,respect in the world,maybe of course you wanted wars and illegal alien criminal gangs to stay and function in the US

[@AriSiMom]

Wonderful, please pass it on

[@catherinedriver4565]

21:17 Quote about Chanel Miller

[@phyllissnyder2563]

Wise words! Listen!

[@jamesgray9950]

Best commencement speech ever.

[@valeriesmith5780]

Well done, Ken Burns. I must admit I was amused by the close captioned attempt at the Orwellian reference.

[@Dnn411]

Honesty, facts, truth, values, real character while speaking calm and assured uniting voices to value and keep the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, not the caustic rhetoric of the divided states of America.

[@dragline.]

Wow I love that part about 13 minutes in where he rails against Hillary Clinton!

[@jameschadwell8153]

James Chadwell at the beach

[@jameschadwell8153]

James chadwell

[@kevinkelley2313]

Very wise and non-partisan words.

[@saburq]

The advice kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaXRiZWCZ9yqmq8 - If someone tells you they have been sexually assaulted take it f***ing seriously - Try not to make the other wrong before something - Be curious not cool - Feed your soul everyday - Remember insecurity makes liars of us all - Don't confuse success with excellence (careerism is death) - Don't descend too deeply into specialism either - educate all of your parts - Free yourself from the limitations of the binary world (it's just a tool, a means not an end) - Seek out and have mentors - listen to them - we are looking for ideas large enough to be afraid of - Bite off more than you can chew - Travel (visit national parks) - Insist on heros - Read - Book is still the greatest man-made machine - Make babies - one of the greatest things that will happen to you is you will have to worry about someone else - Don't loose your enthusiasm - root of the word enthusiasm is god in us - Serve your country - convince your government to fight the right wars - The real threats come from within this favored land - Insist we support science and arts (arts make our country worth defending) - Believe that maybe you too could add something that would last and be beautiful

[@marknonnenmacher1918]

Excellent speech, Mr. Burns! Yet here we are again (2024), will the country do something stupid again or will it rise to the occasion and demonstrate your fine words? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

[@leminpudding6512]

YES HE HAS SPEWED THIS HATE ONCE AGAIN,SEMS YOU AND HIM WANT WARS WHEN WE DIDNT HAVE THEM UNDER TRUMP,you want record overdose deaths,you want human trafficking,you want high inflation and high gas

[@carlosrubino6451]

I agree with every word. But the problem is not Trump. The problem is this country needs to come to terms with the fact that a large portion of the population of this country want policies to enforce their racial and religious prejudices. This is their number one concern over any other issue and fact or truth will make no difference to them.

[@rspro575]

I basically agree, but come on, please don't just excuse trump. He is a walking dumpster fire.

[@carlosrubino6451]

@@rspro575 I agree with you, but still say Trump is not the problem. In fact, the best thing he did was expose his followers for what they truly are. The fact that Trump is a dumpster fire and still get the support that he does shows that the number one issue for them is are their prejudices.

[@famicomchannel3681]

@@carlosrubino6451 TRUMP 2024 you dirty comunist tool also knwo as a dreamer

[@johngalt60]

​@@carlosrubino6451 hilarious! WE'RE the problem! 😂😂😂

[@howardholloway1969]

Well said

[@Cacofonixravi]

But Americans majority of them didn't listen to him and got screwed.

[@bitkahuna]

good job you were completely ignored. lol

[@2Uahoj]

Burns takes the opportunity to "educate" us all on his politics. No matter how one feels about Trump, Biden, Pelosi, etc. etc. commencement speeches should not political. It's always about the supreme egoism of the speaker, who knows that the other side has no chance to answer back. Burns takes the opportunity here to further divide rather than unite. This was a shameful moment - and with the complicity of Stanford of all places - supposedly a bastion of fair debate and exchange of ideas.

[@bitkahuna]

just like his documentaries... tedious, self-righteous, and insufferably boring.

[@benjamintravers1201]

Hahaha. You're a simpleton.

[@Debby-MelancholyMe]

Yes, this is a common feeling when having not had his information clearly and step-by-step understood gradually.

[@springsogourne]

Ken Burns ruined my graduation with his political rant. Not the time or place for it.

[@JohnDoe-tv4zf]

What an embarrassment, why would anyone send their child to this indoctrination camp?