{"id":4143,"date":"2016-06-05T08:20:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T00:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/05\/matt-damon-uses-tech-sci-fi-to-deliver-powerful-message-to-mit-grads\/"},"modified":"2016-06-05T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T00:20:41","slug":"matt-damon-uses-tech-sci-fi-to-deliver-powerful-message-to-mit-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/05\/matt-damon-uses-tech-sci-fi-to-deliver-powerful-message-to-mit-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon uses tech, sci-fi to deliver powerful message to MIT grads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of Massachusetts’ native sons, Matt Damon<\/a>, returned on Friday to deliver the commencement address to MIT’s graduating class and the university’s choice of speaker couldn’t have been more appropriate<\/p>\n

Aside from his early life in the state, there are his Hollywood roles in Good Will Hunting<\/i> as a janitor at MIT<\/a>, and more recently as a scientist stranded on Mars<\/a>. And although Damon attended (but didn’t graduate from) Harvard, his Ivy League experience and unique connection to the state resulted in a powerful speech that’s worth anyone’s 20 minutes<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Elon Musk’s craziest idea is the AI-beating Neural Lace<\/a> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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