论文写完了，检测通过了，证书最终拿到了，接下来是毕业演讲。
  2017年，美国哈佛的毕业生也一样，经历了写论文，毕业答辩，拿到自己的证书，穿上自己的毕业礼服，参加最后一次演讲--毕业演讲。
唯一不一样的是，曾在哈佛读大二的马克扎克伯格这次也来了，作为哈佛的邀请者，作为Facebook的创始人，这次站在小桌前讲述他离开哈佛创业的经历，人生的理念以及人生的感悟。
在他发表前，向前辈比尔盖茨请教了一番，因为作为同样哈佛的肄业生，盖茨开玩笑地建议他，除了穿学服以外，里面什么都不穿。
  站下小桌前，小马扎开场就抖了个机灵，他说“恭喜你们，2017届的学生们，因为你们完成了我当年没有完成的事。当然，如果我今天能完成演讲的话，这可能是我在哈佛完成的一件事。”
在这场毕业典礼演讲中，小扎主要讲到了三点：第一，我们作为千禧一代，仅仅找到我们个人的目的或使命是不够的;第二，我们这一代面临的挑战是，要创造一个每个人都有使命感的世界，这是真正幸福的关键，也是我们保持社会进步的唯一途径;第三，那就是建立起一个连接的世界，先从本土的社群做起。
扎克伯格将他在5月25日在哈佛大学的毕业演讲全文放到了他的脸书主页上。该文的片段如下：

  首先，过去几天令我想起很多美好的回忆。
How many of you remember exactly what you were doing when you got that email telling you that you got into Harvard? I was playing Civilization and I ran downstairs, got my dad, and for some reason, his reaction was to video me opening the email. That could have been a really sad video. I swear getting into Harvard is still the thing my parents are most proud of me for.
你们当中多少人还确切记得，当初收到哈佛的录取通知邮件时在做什么?当时我正在玩《文明》游戏，然后我跑下楼，找到我的父亲，不过他的反应很奇怪，居然开始拍摄我打开邮件的过程。那个视频可能看着挺难过吧。但我发誓，被哈佛录取，是最令我父母为我感到骄傲的事情。
What about your first lecture at Harvard? Mine was Computer Science 121 with the incredible Harry Lewis. I was late so I threw on a t-shirt and didn’t realize until afterwards it was inside out and backwards with my tag sticking out the front. I couldn’t figure out why no one would talk to me -- except one guy, KX Jin, he just went with it. We ended up doing our problem sets together, and now he runs a big part of Facebook. And that, Class of 2017, is why you should be nice to people.
你们还记得在哈佛上的第一节课吗?我上的是计算机121，Harry Lewis老师超级棒。当时我要迟到了，于是抓了件T恤就套在身上，结果直到下午才发现我把它前后里外都穿反了，商标都露在前胸。然后我还纳闷怎么没人理我，除了一个人，KX Jin，他没有在意这些。之后，我们开始组队解决难题，现在他负责Facebook很大一块业务。这说明什么?2017的毕业生们，这说明为什么你们应该对别人友善一些。

  But my best memory from Harvard was meeting Priscilla. I had just launched this prank website Facemash, and the ad board wanted to "see me". Everyone thought I was going to get kicked out. My parents came to help me pack. My friends threw me a going away party. As luck would have it, Priscilla was at that party with her friend. We met in line for the bathroom in the Pfoho Belltower, and in what must be one of the all time romantic lines, I said: "I’m going to get kicked out in three days, so we need to go on a date quickly."
I didn’t end up getting kicked out -- I did that to myself. Priscilla and I started dating. And, you know, that movie made it seem like Facemash was so important to creating Facebook. It wasn’t. But without Facemash I wouldn’t have met Priscilla, and she’s the most important person in my life, so you could say it was the most important thing I built in my time here.
但是我在哈佛最美好的回忆，是我遇见了Priscilla(扎克伯格的妻子)。当时我刚上线一个恶作剧网站Facemash，然后管理委员会表示“要见我”，所有人都认为我要被赶走了。我爸妈来帮我打包行李;我朋友帮我搞了个告别派对。幸运的事情就在这里，Priscilla和她朋友一起，来到了这个Party。我们在Pfoho Belltower的卫生间外排队时遇见了，接下来发生了一件永生难忘的浪漫事件——我说：“我三天后就要被赶出学校了，所以我们需要尽快开始约会。”
我没有被开除——我想办法留下来了。Priscilla开始和我约会。你们知道，那部电影(《社交网络》)说的Facemash对创造Facebook好像很重要似的。并非如此。但是没有Facemash的话，我遇不到Priscilla。她是我生命中最重要的人，所以从这个角度说，Facemash是我人生中做出的最重要的一样东西。

  We’ve all started lifelong friendships here, and some of us even families. That’s why I’m so grateful to this place. Thanks, Harvard.
Today I want to talk about purpose. But I’m not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your purpose. We’re millennials. We’ll try to do that instinctively. Instead, I’m here to tell you finding your purpose isn’t enough. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.
在这里，我们开始结交一生的挚友，甚至有的以后成为家人。这是为什么我对这里如此感激的原因。谢谢你，哈佛!
今天我想谈谈目标(Purpose)，但是我不是来给你们做一些程序化的宣言，告诉你们如何发现目标的。我们是千禧一代，我们会出于直觉和本能发现目标。相反地，我站在这里要说的，是仅仅发现目标还不够。我们这代人面临的挑战，是创造一个人人都能有使命感的世界。

  Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness.
You’re graduating at a time when this is especially important. When our parents graduated, purpose reliably came from your job, your church, your community. But today, technology and automation are eliminating many jobs. Membership in communities is declining. Many people feel disconnected and depressed, and are trying to fill a void.
As I’ve traveled around, I’ve sat with children in juvenile detention and opioid addicts, who told me their lives could have turned out differently if they just had something to do, an after school program or somewhere to go. I’ve met factory workers who know their old jobs aren’t coming back and are trying to find their place.
目标是我们意识到我们是比自己更大的东西的一部分，是我们被需要的、我们需要更为之努力的东西。目标能创造真正的快乐。
今天，你在这个特别重要的时刻毕业了。当你父母毕业的时候，目标很大程度上来自工作、教会、社群。但是今天，技术和自动化正在代替很多工作，社区成员人数也在下降。许多人感到沮丧，感到自己被隔离开来了，同时也在努力填补空白。
当我走过很多地方的时候，我曾和许多被拘留的、阿片类药物成瘾的孩子们坐在一起，他们告诉我如果他们有事可做，参加课后活动或者有地方可去，他们的人生会变得很不一样。我也遇到过很多工厂的工人，他们没法再从事之前从事的工作了，所以试图找到新的能做的事。

  To keep our society moving forward, we have a generational challenge -- to not only create new jobs, but create a renewed sense of purpose.
I remember the night I launched Facebook from my little dorm in Kirkland House. I went to Noch’s with my friend KX. I remember telling him I was excited to connect the Harvard community, but one day someone would connect the whole world.
I found that out the hard way. You see, my hope was never to build a company, but to make an impact. And as all these people started joining us, I just assumed that’s what they cared about too, so I never explained what I hoped we’d build.
A couple years in, some big companies wanted to buy us. I didn’t want to sell. I wanted to see if we could connect more people. We were building the first News Feed, and I thought if we could just launch this, it could change how we learn about the world.
为了保持社会的进步，我们身负挑战——不仅仅是创造新的工作，还要创造新的目标。
我还记得在Kirkland House的小宿舍中创造Facebook的那晚。我和我的朋友KX去了Noch。我记得我告诉他，我很开心能把哈佛的社群连接起来，但是有一天，有人会把整个世界都连接起来。
意识到这点非常难。我从来没想过创造一个公司，我想要的是创造影响力。越来越多的人加入我们，我假设他们跟我关心的是同样的东西，所以我从来没解释过我到底希望建立什么。
几年来，一些大公司想要收购我们。我拒绝了。我想知道是否能连接更多的人。我们正在建立第一个新闻流(News Feed)，当时我想，如果我们能做到这一点，它可能会改变我们学习世界的方式。

  Nearly everyone else wanted to sell. Without a sense of higher purpose, this was the startup dream come true. It tore our company apart. After one tense argument, an advisor told me if I didn’t agree to sell, I would regret the decision for the rest of my life. Relationships were so frayed that within a year or so every single person on the management team was gone.
That was my hardest time leading Facebook. I believed in what we were doing, but I felt alone. And worse, it was my fault. I wondered if I was just wrong, an imposter, a 22 year-old kid who had no idea how the world worked.
Now, years later, I understand that is how things work with no sense of higher purpose. It’s up to us to create it so we can all keep moving forward together.
几乎所有人都想让我把公司卖了。没有更高远的使命感，这个创业公司不可能梦想成真。经过激烈的争论后，一位顾问跟我说，如果我不同意出售，我会后悔一辈子。一年左右的时间里，当时的管理层几乎都走了。
这是我在Facebook时最艰难的时刻。我相信我们在做的东西，但是我也感到孤独。更糟糕的是，当时我觉得这是我的错。我在想是不是我错了，一个22岁的小孩，都不知道世界是怎么运转的。
多年以后的今天，我明白了那是因为没有更高的目标。是否创造它取决于我们，所以我们能一起前进。
 
  这些话是小扎演讲中最重要也最精彩的话，人生过程总会遇到各种各样的事情，只要自己清楚自己的目标，走正确的路，坚持下去，拿出自己的勇气，正能量包容性的看待社会，一切会好的。