“Zoom out”: Kealoha Wong ’99 calls on MIT graduates to consider their lives within the enormity of the universe

On Saturday, poet Kealoha Wong ’99 delivered the address at a special Commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021, asking the graduates to look both outward and inward. He urged them to widen their perspective on life and recognize the enormity of human history and our natural world, but also to look into their hearts and grasp every opportunity to find meaning in their lives. “We are nobody/ and yet at the same time/ we are everything,” said Kealoha, as he is known professionally, bringing the energy of…

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