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Commencement address by Hank Green | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Images for download on the MIT News office website are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images; if one is not provided below, credit the images to "MIT." Below is the text of Hank Green’s Commencement remarks as prepared for delivery on May 29. I don’t really do imposter syndrome, that’s where you feel like you don’t belong. I have a superior syndrome called “Hahaha I fooled them again” syndrome where I know that I don’t belong, but I also am very pleased that I have once again cleverly convinced you that I do. I, a man you might very well know as a tiktoker, a man who recently blind-ranked AI company logos by how much they look like buttholes, have snuck into giving MIT’s Commencement speech. And I can admit this because you can’t kick me off n

“Do not forget how special and bizarre it is to get to live a human life,” the science communicator and video creator told the Class of 2025. Watch Video MIT News Publication Date : May 29, 2025 Press Inquiries Press Contact : MIT Media Relations Email: expertrequests@mit.edu Phone: 617-253-2700 Media Download ↓ Download Image Caption : “The greatest thing you build in your life will be yourself, and trust me on this you are not done yet,” says Hank Green. Credits : Credit: Gretchen Ertl *Terms of Use: Images for download on the MIT News office website are made available to non-commercial enti

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