2012美国普林斯顿大学毕业典礼迈克·刘易斯的演讲HYPERLINK"http://www.boayuan.com/archives/536.html"http://www.boayuan.com/archives/536.html由HYPERLINK"http://www.boayuan.com/"博雅源讲演（视频）网收集整理"Don'tEatFortune'sCookie"--MichaelLewisJune3,2012—AsPreparedI'veneverbeenupthere.Thankyou.PresidentTilghman.TrusteesandFriends.ParentsoftheClassof2012,wherevertheyputyou.MembersoftheClassof2012.Whydon'tyougiveyourselfaroundofapplause.Sothenexttimeyoulookaroundachurchandseeeveryonedressedinblack,it'llbeawkwardtodothat.Butenjoythemoment,Enjoythemoment.Thirtyyearsago,Isatwhereyousat.Imusthavelistenedtosomeolderpersonsharehislifeexperiences.ButIdon'trememberaword.Icouldn'teventellyouwhospoke.Andyouwon'tbeableto,either.WhatIdoremember,vividly,isgraduation.I'mtoldyou'remeanttobeexcited,maybeevenalittlerelievedthatyouaregettingoutofhere.Andmaybeallofyouare.Iwasnot.Iwastotallyoutraged.HereI’dgoneandgiventhemfourofthebestyearsofmylifeandthisishowtheyrewardedmebythrowingmeout.AtthatmomentIwassurereallyofonlyonething:Iwasofnopossibleeconomicvaluetotheoutsideworld.I'dmajoredinarthistory,forastart.Eventhenmajoringinarthistorywasregardedasanactofinsanity.Iwasalmostcertainlylesswellpreparedthanyouareforthemarketplace.YetsomehowI'vewounduprichandfamous.sortof.I'mgoingtoexplain,briefly,howthathappened.Iwantyoutounderstandjusthowmysteriouscareerscanbe,beforeyougooutandhaveoneforyourself.SoIgraduatedfromPrincetonwithouteverhavingpublishedawordofanything,anywhere.Ididn'twriteforthePrince,orforanyoneelse.ButatPrinceton,studyingarthistory,Ifeltreallythefirsttwingeofliteraryambition.IthappenedwhileIwasworkingonmyseniorthesis.Myadviserwasareallygiftedman,anarchaeologistnamedWilliamChilds.ThethesisIwroteforhimtriedtoexplainhowtheItaliansculptorDonatellousedGreekandRomansources,whichisactuallytotallybesidethepoint,butI'vealwayswantedtotellsomeone.GodknowswhatProfessorChildsthoughtofit,buthehelpedmetobecomeengrossed.Actuallymorethanengrossed:totallyobsessed.WhenIhandeditin,IknewwhatIwantedtodofortherestofmylife:Iwa