Advice to the Class of 2020 | Robert Reich

[@rs5570]

I am 62 and am just now finishing my BA and preparing for law school. No matter where you are in your life, or what adversity you've encountered, keep following your heart.

[@jeanwesterman3544]

Congratulations to you!

[@ninacasali8612]

Wish I had you as a professor. Now that I am retired I am learning daily from you.

[@MrBrelindm]

From learning there is no retirement!

[@TheLinuxYes]

@@MrBrelindm unless you're a Fox News actor then you have all knowledge.

[@MarvinThiessen]

@@TheLinuxYes Faux News, where truth is false and false is true.

[@jamesfiegel9675]

Art History major, really? Now my respect to you sir to pursue labor and economic issues for the people👍🏻😀

[@finnjacobsen684]

Most talented lecturer. If this was filmed in 2016, it would be interesting to see equivalent data for 2020.

[@yellolab09]

Robert, I first saw this talk a few years ago, and it's moved me to tears, yet again, today. Thank You.

[@mikolo45sx]

He is a fantastic person who puts his heart and emotion into his teaching and his fight against economic and political exploitation.

[@mickeydrago9401]

Now now some people have to be rich and some people have to be poor, smart and stupid respectively...🤑

[@lyndatauchus1495]

He's amazing. I can't get enough of his videos!

[@lorrainewest7408]

@@mickeydrago9401 My community is like symbiotic not parasitic.

[@TubeNutriDoc]

Absolutely love your thought process and have promoted many of your ideas/ideals online as we traffic through our lives in this era. Thank you for your prolific, whimsical and wise, writings. May you and yours, Robert Reich Be In Good Health.

[@deborahsagues5634]

You are a wonderful citizen of the world and your speech inspires even those of us at the end or at least the last chapter!

[@barrybogart5436]

Great job. Be prepared for anything.

[@Havemercyitspercy777]

Oh gosh I think I need a lot of enlightenment. I love the advice! Graduated from highschool this year, finally!

[@MrBrelindm]

Stay positive. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open for opportunities - they will present themselves in due time. And know that there are those of us who keep you in our prayers.

[@lydiabell6218]

@DrMossydog Great advice for a young person!

[@lydiabell6218]

It seems to me just watching this program is putting you on the right way!!!

[@lindachancellor7538]

Good luck and don't let this time in history disappoint you. Look up, be the flexible person you need to be in your journey.

[@mangopedicure3621]

You are gonna do fine. Keep winning

[@frankwolf3860]

Dr. Reich, I have enjoyed your KZbin postings since you started; thank you, and may they continue inspiring those of us who sit, or have sat in your classes, as well as those of us who have never had the privilege of such...always I've been amazed at how fast you can zoom create a scene with a sharpie...smile now!

[@debdaveandpets]

Reich for president

[@Xpistos510]

He's too good of a person. That makes him unelectable.

[@lindachancellor7538]

Your honest perspective of their future is so true. May I add they really do need to be flexable and adjustable. Life is a real journey and cannot be scripted to a tee. Being adjustable is a very valuable asset. Maybe the strongest asset to have in anyone's life to make what you learned of value. Look up and don't limit all of your learning. You will have to expand it, sometimes quickly to the situation at hand. Everyone can do it. Good luck class of 2020.

[@shannon3944]

Can't make it without flexibility!🎯💯 TRUTH!!❤💯

[@elenazagaglia4590]

Amazing Robert Reich!!!

[@maryellyncain238]

the hopeful thing to me is the size of this class.

[@sharonmassey2923]

I really enjoyed that, Prof. Reich, so engaging. And the student percentage answers to those questions were very interesting, especially the "love" one, especially the group sounding quite surprised by it. I read somewhere that more than we wish to be loved, we wish to be understood, which has always resonated with me, so I'm thinking that might have something to do with the unexpected high number.

[@bkbland1626]

Always a thoughtful perspective. Many thanks, sir. Good day.

[@chikinrandom7140]

such a powerful and inspiring message to the graduating class! I love the analogy and how he relate his personal experiences :-)

[@suzanneharris8339]

This was such an inspirational talk! Just look at all those rapt young people channeling in. You could probably hear a pin drop. A brilliant, relevant and kind gentleman.

[@BlueWizardsII]

He reminds me of a Leprechaun. I missed my College graduation, but I did graduate. I love art museums. I should have been a art history major instead of a math major.

[@andrewschettino8104]

Great presentation, with audience participation too!

[@as3346]

No surprise. Thank you for your knowledge.☺

[@gamingtonight1526]

The class of 2021 need to take lessons in survival, weapon use, hunting, cooking and mechanics.

[@kenhunt5153]

You should be President.

[@JawlaatAmer]

I wish it could be translated or subtitled in arabic and other languages for many others to benefit from it

[@bananaskin7527]

Thank you teacher.

[@MarvinThiessen]

The UK school system has a more practical approach to preparing students for adult life than America does. In England, if a guy doesn't cut it academically in prep school, he can opt out for trade school at 16. After a 4-year apprenticeship, he's a certified journeyman making livable wages at just 20 years of age. For English prep school whiz-kids, it's off to university and a professional career. For poor kids in America, it might be 2 yrs. of community college, maybe, a stint in the military, or 2 crummy jobs just to survive. Not much of a comparison.

[@sweettony9359]

God, they should have had a warning on this for people over 50. Now I feel like a complete failure as, on that last slide, I have done neither A,B,C or D. What does that make me?

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

My plan would be: End aging and mortality. Then watch greed & violence evaporate when life is no longer short, cheap, and painful, and the greedy no longer rush to have it all in a few paltry years by any means necessary. That Mortality is what makes life wonderful is the greatest lie that bad poets and clever clergy ever sold us.

[@TheLinuxYes]

make it too expensive for 99% of the population so a super race that owns and controls everything can establish itself like ticks and finish off what is left of our fading Republic.

[@rumlia]

Sorry. You have to add 'eternal Vivacious-ness' to 'immortal viva' to be worth it. Otherwise it would be sorrow: look at a majority of the really old now.....

[@rendomstranger8698]

Immortality wouldn't solve anything. People don't want to become rich because they want a high number on their bank account. They want to become rich because they want power. That is all there is to it in the case of the super rich. Except for maybe a hand full of people, the rich only care about controlling others.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@rumlia I did say Aging

[@alejandrobetancourt4902]

Great job Bob

[@Peace2051]

Robert Reich for Senate!

[@GrantSR]

A slowly growing number of people realized they could avoid being tracked at all simply by giving non-answers. 5 then 6 then 6 then 8.

[@DrJohnnyJ]

A top university with 800 students in a specialized senior class with the only means of communicating with the professor is not a top university.

[@boyax7825]

goodluck

[@ravenravella1000]

"WAIT.....HAH HAH !!!! XD

[@BlueWizardsII]

B or C

[@stephaniegrow3761]

Short man. Makes me like him even more!!

[@BlueWizardsII]

You might meet a Balrog in Mordor along the way. The good thing about being killed by a Balrog is that if you really did not die, you come back stronger. Mithrandir. Gandalf the White !!

[@cgroff1628]

Dr. Reich, You should have told them all that both "demand side Keynesian" and supply side classical economics are one and the same. They are actually both supply side economics controlled by the elite. It comes down to the endless printing of money and the election of representatives and who enforces the laws and how they are elected or chosen. All of these are fundamental to a holistic view of macroeconomics. The majority of people must be represented and the current system is incapable of that thus all current theories of economics are null and void due to false pretenses. We must remove money creation from government, direct vote as default, and require all gov budgets to be on an open public blockchain. Bitcoin fixes all of this. The ones who print the money benefit from all of this hapening. They push racism to trick free spirits into rioting so they can take more rights and print more money. Less than 30% of registered voters voted for Trump in the last election, same for Hillary. Nearly 50% of registered voters refused to vote for either because they dont represent anything near what the majority wants. Let alone total population who dont even register. So our president in all reality has like 10% support... Which is more than almost any other politician...thus the problem of nonrepresentation. We have a broken election system and a broken money system. Nothing else matters until we fix those foundations of society. We need to separate money creation from state and direct vote as default. Both of these can be done tomorrow through Bitcoin. The only way to stop the corruption is to stop playing the pyramid scheme monoply game. Also if all politicians budgets were on the blockchain we could audit it. Where did all the bailout money go? You cant know. Sux to be pleb slaves.

[@mickeydrago9401]

Those gosh darned billionaires!

[@TheLinuxYes]

.....are destroying our fading Democratic Republic. Most are nothing more than used car salesmen capitalists/fascists.

[@mickeydrago9401]

@@TheLinuxYes Now now, let's be nice because some of them are well meaning and simply accidentally made billions of dollars and haven't gotten around to redistribution yet 🤑

[@mickeydrago9401]

@@TheLinuxYes Robert talks about a second gilded age which we obviously are in by any metric comparing roughly 120+ years ago or so... 1870s to 1900 is generally the historical measure of this gilded age, concentration of wealth and power in the hands of fewer and fewer people... Certainly sounds like today!

[@mickeydrago9401]

@gary grine Are your saddles blazing?

[@TheLinuxYes]

i want to blow a shit ton of money at Berkeley so those less fortunate but with equal or greater talents/abilities can have less opportunity to benefit the Nation. snicker

[@d.c.monday4153]

Berkeley is the best? Has he never heard of Oxford or Cambridge? Maybe not, he is an American after all.

[@Xpistos510]

Don't be an idiot. He's talking about "best" within his own country. Of course Reich would have heard of Oxford or Cambridge. Your gripe is with the uneducated, stereotypical rural moron, not the academics.

[@d.c.monday4153]

@@Xpistos510 Thank you for putting me right and recognising my inadequacies.

[@BlueWizardsII]

Thomas Cole ? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cole

[@cajunchampagne2469]

I love you Robert Reich. Thank you for sharing this with us. This is the kind of thing we need to see in our leaders. I'm crying writing this. But thank you for being a light in a dark world. You rock man.

[@davidlafleche1142]

Robert Reich is a Socialist fanatic and a liar. "A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this" (Psalm 92:6, KJV). Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Establish the Kingdom in Jerusalem, and keep the world safe from Democracy!

[@nomnommoo]

@@davidlafleche1142 Why is being a "socialist fanatic" a bad thing? & I don't believe your claim that he's a liar at all especially when you're quoting the Bible which is literally filled with erroneous claims, inaccuracies and lies that you obviously whole heartedly believe. Wasn't Jesus a "socialist fanatic"?

[@sharonmassey2923]

@@davidlafleche1142 "Socialist fanatics" got lots of people universal healthcare around the world, but not in the US, of course. Apparently, you would prefer to be thrown out on the street when you can't pay your medical bills.

[@marketslice5030]

if only we had more teachers like him when we were in school to prepare us for the real world

[@TheLinuxYes]

the real Murcan world anyway. don't externalize.

[@antoniocalhau4711]

Thank you Robert Reich.

[@ytyehyeh]

In case folks were wondering when this was filmed, the copyright mark at the end says it's from 2016.

[@kennyholmes5196]

Just goes to show how things have not improved in the past four years.

[@TheLinuxYes]

@@kennyholmes5196 Until private money is removed from our Election/governing processes, nothing will ever change. the US has the best Government money can buy.

[@kennyholmes5196]

@@TheLinuxYes And that is part of the reason that I supported Bernie sanders: I want big money out of politics.

[@TheLinuxYes]

@@kennyholmes5196 the Bernie Blackout that our corporate owned press used was very effective in marginalizing his chances of being the Dimocratic nominee. the more things change, the more they stay the same. just like the 1% likes it.

[@extradimension7356]

Thanks for that, I was what the hey ? AND I've seen this before lol …

[@MrBrelindm]

There is no retiring from learning, and neither should there be from caring about those all around us.

[@jamesmitchell8193]

Oh yeah! Now at 74 I have come to realize who I am, who I was and what I want to be. Too bad I did not have a Prof like RR to lay out the various possibilities when graduating college

[@catylynch7909]

What a wonderful presentation. I'm retired, and I can use this inspiration/insight for my "what do I do, now?" situation. Thank you!

[@sharylforster]

Always a pleasure !!! 2020 or 2024!!

[@sb-vj6kx]

You are what you think about all day long. Dale Carnegie

[@zyzyking]

Love you too Robert

[@shannon3944]

This discussion would be great to go through beginning of 9th grade high school, and then towards the end of Senior year. The curriculum needs to touch this all along the way, as well. We're told WHAT to think and NEVER to question. How can we learn to be "thinkers" that way, to be able to work our way through an issue constructively to a suitable end? I'm going to show this to my 14 year old...she starts high school this fall. This is wonderful!❤

[@pholliez]

Definitely! I watched this a while back with my then 12yo & 14yo, many of the messages really stuck with them. Opened up some great conversations that are ongoing. (Watching ageing today because I need some hope and RR always provides it.)

[@shannon3944]

@@pholliez Yes!👍❤💯🇺🇸 Be well and safe! 🙏💯❤

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

We're not able to think because people who can think might decide to not buy the crap they're selling. This is why the Republicans are against education and cut it back every chance they get. The idea of some citizen asking them "What did you do with our money?" makes them break out in a rash.

[@maureencoyle666]

I’m 66... I wish i heard this lecture back when I was in college!! Very cool!!!

[@alexanderkurz3621]

Beautiful ... I enjoy being a teacher ... I wish I could be as motivating as Professor Reich.

[@BatteredWalrus]

regardless of when this was made, thank you very much for this insightful lecture. I'm heading into my final year at university in september and this has been quite an eye opener

[@StephiSensei26]

Thank you Robert! You're the perfect combination of teacher, preacher, friend, travel companion and stand up comedian, winning the hearts of all who hear you. May all your days also be filled with joy.

[@dkpqzm]

I would have really liked to have had him as one of my teachers. I've learned so much from him in just the last few years.

[@Brett_S_420]

Good luck everyone who is graduating!

[@lauriebennett6257]

I wish I'd had a professor like you...

[@marynatani5119]

RR is the Socrates of the modern world!

[@davet.269]

Awesome, Inspiring, Heart warming ! Thank you !

[@Kokozaftran]

Robert Reich has so much wisdom.

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

Is this an example of a successful man that look like a bum..😄😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@JawlaatAmer]

I admire the messages in his presentation ..very useful..

[@joannbakerpaul]

❤ Art is a wonderful fabulous way to learn History alongside other sources! Discovered this in studying its history in Art school! Art gives you an emotional perspective as well as visual, spiritual and mental aspects.

[@ikennabede]

I wish I were part of this class. Robert has such a wonderful personality.

[@kimberleebrackley2793]

Loved this! I believe self knowledge is key to everything. It took me to long to figure this out. I wish schooling involved more critical thinking to help each kid to find a fulfilling job. Special needs too can find a place where there is accomplishment and appreciation. Find out what moves you and sometimes why it does. Education is the foundation. Be smart, strong and humble yourself often. The world is full of humbling experiences

[@coryryder9070]

3 mins in and i already love how much of an awsome teacher you are

[@bonilla2022]

WOW!

[@randallblanchard4534]

THAT was GREAT !

[@adamwinkle656]

you are an inspiration

[@Widur42]

Your are graduates from certainly the best public university in the world... If there is one thing i can guarantee you, then it is this: Whenever Americans think they are the best or they have the best. they are probably wrong and quite ignorant of the rest of the world. I like Robert Reich and agree with most of his opinions (though i am not American), but this "we are the best" or "we have the best" attitude, displayed by so many public Americans is probably the most widespread unsympathetic trait of them. Be more humble. Don't say you are the best if saying that has no meaning. You can say "probably one of the best", or "likely one of the best" or even "most certainly one of the best", but stop saying you are the best in everything. Especially if you can't proove it.

[@DipayanPyne94]

USA is the best exporter of Neoliberalism. Look how that has ruined us all.

[@carolgates5297]

wear 2 masks. one for out breath and one for in breath secure the lower mask across the upper lip and use a couple of flexible straws to direct the exhale lower into the mask. this helps with people who dont do well breathing in their own exhale. congrats and best wishes graduates!

[@charlesmiller000]

Doctor Reich, you are da Bomb! (meaning: you are one of the best teachers/persons in the world!) God love and keep you.

[@renzo6490]

What is a GSI?

[@BlueWizardsII]

Age is a matter of mind over matter. If you do not mind, it does not matter. Mark Twain ?

[@ricardokowalski1579]

Colectivist Gramscian agent in action. 19:55 His purpose is to make students question the values and education they bring from their homes, and replace those values with doubt and the "public university" values. Universities are indoctrination centers 21:00 "make a big difference" on community, the world... pure colectivism. The goal of human life is to better ONESELF. By improving oneself the world will be better off. But the other way around will sacrifice the individual for the colective. Stop changing the "world" and CLEAN YOUR ROOM. 21:30 pure double speak. I give you permission to (wait for it...🥁) ... be a leader!... Leaders do not ask for permission. Leaders do not require permision. How much hubris does this man have that he pretends to give "permission" to leaders? And is this man the one to judge what a leader is/is not? Where did he derive that power. Money used to advance gramsci's ideals

[@source5729]

I just love him 💕

[@mvann5]

So weurd. Art history minir, went to Stanfird, bought prints of thise Thomas Cole paintings. maybe i,m related ?? Love him!

[@jandym5318]

Thank you

[@banjarqueenee]

Fabulous!

[@danjfinkle8904]

I see you decided to skip the tie. Good move!

[@pcampbell-edu8508]

not a big deal but should be "when he and his students" not him

[@zeppafloyd]

I have some advise for them. Vote!

[@atulmamtora]

Inspiring narrative.

[@waynesitarz424]

Not a mask in sight.

[@itowmyhome797]

Thank you

[@pauldow1648]

😂❤

[@Beeblebroxologist]

The 'Personality Drug' question really struck a chord with me, partly because none of those categories quite fitted me. I'm generally: patient (stuff takes as long as it takes, it's annoying when stuff takes longer due to other people not caring, but that's a slightly different thing); not obsessed with whether other people like me (it'd be nice if someone liked me, but if not, I'll live); actively don't want to be in charge, you jest get blamed for everything (yet I often de facto end up there anyway because everyone else wanted it less or had no idea what they were doing); would be very happy not to be the smartest in the room (because then I would have someone really interesting to talk to); and while I don't go in for extreme sports (or non-extreme sports tbh) I wouldn't say safety is a primary motivation (maybe if it were framed as comfort?). Had I been in the room I might have had to pick between D & E. Since I'm not in the room I've had some time to think. I think my major personality drug is not wanting my contribution to be wilfully ignored. I'm quite happy going unnoticed most of the time, but when I make a significant contribution or effort, it going completely unnoticed or rejected is painful (particularly from people missing the point or wrongly criticising me [to be fair, they might be right...but this is the internet, they are usually anti-intellectual trolls]). Makes trying to get a job right now particularly awful... at least I have time to think about it... yay. Anyway, thanks for making me think about something other than how hyperspace would work.

[@RustyTube]

I have no idea what a GSI is, but I still enjoyed the video.

[@angelika1586]

So on target!!! Lets introduce these ideas to grade schoolers :)

[@gackjt]

Robert is with her..spirit cooker clinton.

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Sorry that he was not yet at Cal when I was in grad school there.

[@Blade92776]

My life has been picture #3 for the most part

[@OldEarthWisdom]

no social distancing?

[@mnadimsz8812]

I love you too Mr. Reich

[@diannawilson5743]

I really like Robert but where's the coronavirus social distancing here? When did this take place??

[@diannawilson5743]

@Janet A Thanks. I thought this took place earlier. I think Robert is fantastic and wish I could meet him in person one day.

[@rph8704]

Wasn’t Berkeley online classes? I feel like this is 2019??

[@guybeauregard]

Apparently it's from 2016.