Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

Yesterday I was watching Steve Jobs’ commencement speech — somehow I’d never seen it all the way through — and I really loved the ending.

He talks about a magazine he used to read when he was young, made completely in an analog way by a guy who put an insane amount of work into it. It was kind of like a version of Google 35 years before Google: a place where you could find ideas, tools, strange references… stuff that was really unusual for the time.

Jobs says that magazine inspired him to think outside the box, to be more adventurous, more curious, and even a bit naïve in a good way. To try things without really knowing where they might lead.

And in the last issue, on the very last page, there was a phrase that stuck with him:

stay hungry, stay foolish

Not as some cheap motivational quote, but as a way of being in the world.

Not settling. Not thinking you already have everything figured out. Keeping on trying things even when they don’t seem entirely sensible.

I liked it because it connects a lot with how I think about making things, learning, and life in general: staying curious, not always needing a perfect plan, and allowing yourself to be a bit “foolish” and follow threads just to see where they go.

I wanted to leave this here so I can come back to it in the future.

Yesterday I was watching Steve Jobs’ commencement speech — somehow I’d never seen it all the way through — and I really loved the ending.

He talks about a magazine he used to read when he was young, made completely in an analog way by a guy who put an insane amount of work into it. It was kind of like a version of Google 35 years before Google: a place where you could find ideas, tools, strange references… stuff that was really unusual for the time.

Jobs says that magazine inspired him to think outside the box, to be more adventurous, more curious, and even a bit naïve in a good way. To try things without really knowing where they might lead.

And in the last issue, on the very last page, there was a phrase that stuck with him:

stay hungry, stay foolish

Not as some cheap motivational quote, but as a way of being in the world.

Not settling. Not thinking you already have everything figured out. Keeping on trying things even when they don’t seem entirely sensible.

I liked it because it connects a lot with how I think about making things, learning, and life in general: staying curious, not always needing a perfect plan, and allowing yourself to be a bit “foolish” and follow threads just to see where they go.

I wanted to leave this here so I can come back to it in the future.