未来就在眼前

英文原文：https://www.lksf.org/the-future-is-now/ 日期：2016 年 6 月 30 日（汕头大学毕业典礼）

官方中文版

尊敬的姚明先生、各位校董、各位嘉宾、老师们、同学们：

每年参加毕业典礼，感受你们壮志满怀的兴奋，我总是觉得自己很有福气，谢谢你们和我分享人生这重要时刻。

大家今天毕业了，四年努力，是时候给自己一些掌声，是时候给爱你们、为你们付出的父母、老师们热烈感谢的掌声。

踏出校门，你将迈进急速锐变的年代，科技催迫全方位的改变，以往熟悉的模式不断更新重塑，全球在世局变幻不定、经济不稳的大气候中谋求转型发展；这「以往不再，未来没来」的关头，是契机还是危机？

滥竽充数已经没有市场，没有解决方案的雄伟愿景更是「有毒组合」，贻误资源、时间还未最可怕，你知道我最害怕是什么？我最害怕主观、因循的「心向」。我们对「闭塞倾向」要时刻高度戒备，功能凝固及惯性定向的惰性判断，是走向未来的障碍和负累；错误的政策或计划，只会把未来困锁在永无尽头而又徒劳无功的迷惘中。

大家都知道科技创意带来高增长机遇，但世界依然困扰重重，环境难以持续，不公平、不公正、不安、焦躁处处，令人畏惧。你如何把恐惧转化为促动力，成为未来的想像者和困难的解决者——承担各种不可能的挑战和任务——不输给风雨？

我没有成功锦囊，但有三个心法希望和你们分享。

这高增长的年代，要脱颖而出，必须不断强化谦逊的学习态度。当人工智能让机器也有观察力和逻辑力时，心智、心像力是你拥有洞见、有先见之明潜力的关键。

科技是高增长的基石，人才创意是发动机，但社会的包容是燃料，三者合一，孕育出共同学习、共同迭代，让新观点引向新洞见，有升级增值力、有协变力的社会，才能享受连续链良性循环的红利。

锐变的年代，也同时是人格力量的年代，在理想大道上赶路时，希望你们有悲天悯人的心怀，不要忘记有能力帮助别人是福分。

近日我对福气一词有真切的领悟，一场小病，在家休息期间，我迷上了在虚拟世界抄经——迷上了怀素的狂草。虚拟空间里真爽，笔锋意连，生生不息。回到现实世界里，我感谢大家对我的厚爱，亲情友谊关怀的珍贵，令熹微晨光倍感殷殷相迎，夜里虫声唧唧，从前种种易上心头，一切毫不容易，但我没有叹息，我始终是个快乐的人，因为我作为一个人、一个企业家，尽了一切所能服务社会。

各位同学，我知道你们大家一切准备就绪，预祝你们在建立自我、追求无我的过程中，活出成功、丰盛、快乐和充满尊严的人生。我期待中华民族因为有你而变得更美好，人类因为有你而增加福分。今天，你以汕大为荣，明天汕大必以你为荣。谢谢大家。

English Original

Mr. Yao Ming, Distinguished Guests, Faculty and Graduates,

It is such a great honour to return to STU every year. I am so humbled and grateful for all your love. Thank you for sharing this happy moment with me.

Class of 2012, four years of hard work, now is the time to celebrate. Let’s give a thunderous round of applause to yourselves and your supportive teachers and loving families.

A dynamic and complex future awaits you. Amid a climate of sociopolitical and economic uncertainty, a myriad of technological forces surge forward into every corner of life, necessitating the need to reimagine and reshape established models and conventions.

In this time of flux, where the past is no longer and the future is not just yet, are you facing opportunity or a considerable challenge?

People with rigid ideas and lack of creativity have nowhere to go. Nor do Icarian visionaries without solutions, those who are blindly selfish in their ambition to reach success — such behaviour is a toxic combo that lays waste to valuable resources and time.

Mental inertness is an obstacle to effective thinking. It spawns misguided strategies and policies. It could condemn us to a Sisyphean future, a future where our goals are forever out of our reach.

Without question, this is an era where creativity and knowledge bring on opportunities that previous generations haven’t had. That said, our world is a troubled place: unsustainable, unequal, unjust and conflicted.

Stay strong in the wind and rain that shake today’s world. Use the fear these forces generate to your advantage — let it motivate you to become who you want to be. It can guide you all to becoming fearless solution providers and strategic visionaries who make a difference in the world.

How will you get there? I don’t have a formula to offer but I’d like to share some thoughts that have helped me get where I am today.

We need to always stay curious and humble to reach success. A passion for learning advances our readiness and potential for intellectual growth and wonder — it enables us to make smarter, faster and better decisions.

Technology is the cornerstone of economic progress. Talent is the engine that powers productivity. Tolerance is the edge that spurs competitiveness and equity. Together this is the trinity that forms the basis for innovation.

Innovation allows us to learn together, to formulate new perspectives, which lead to new insights. Only in a progressive society that has the possibility to support progress can the benefits of prosperity be enjoyed by all.

In these changing times where everything is unpredictable, we need to live with a sense of purpose, we must live lives where moxie counts. In our pursuit of success, we must never forget that our world is human and intrinsically connected across the globe.

While recovering from a recent bout of illness, I immersed myself into the world of virtual reality and copied the diamond sutra in the wild cursive script of Master Huai Su. The spontaneity and unrestrainedness is fascinating and enlightening. “All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow.” But in reality I’m keenly aware of how blessed I am with love and concern from friends and family that fill each morning and sunset with joy.

My life has not been an easy journey — I have seen many triumphs and tribulations. Yet all in all I’m a happy man for I have tried to serve society to the best of my ability as a human being, as a citizen and a businessman.

Congratulations again. I know each and every one of you is ready to go out into the world and create a new formula for a brighter future. Be generous, be creative, live your life to its truest, in duty, in dignity and joy.

Today you are proud to be part of Shantou University. Tomorrow Shantou University will be proud to be part of you. Thank you so much.