Google Chair Schmidt to Boston University grads: 'You can write the code for all of us'

14.06.2012

But here’s one thing they don’t have. What they don’t have — is heart.

All of these connections you forge–the digital ties that bind our humanity together–that’s not possible without technology. But it’s also not possible without you, without a heart.

You have the heart. And the future will not beat without you.

Now, don’t get me wrong: I believe fully in the power of technology to change the world for the better. And I believe even more fully in the ability of your generation to use that power to great effect–to rule technology. But you can’t let technology rule you.

Remember to take at least one hour a day and turn that thing off. Do the math, 1/24th. Go dark. Shut it down. Learn where the OFF button is.