Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered the commencement address at Stanford University on June 12, 2005. Mr. Jobs was introduced by Stanford President John Hennessy. The full transcript of both speeches is reproduced here.

IN MORE THAN two thousand Boston Pops performances of “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” a moment always arrived when Lois Schaefer was the star of the show. Though she was a master of the memorable piccolo solo that ends the work, she didn’t take her eyes off the musical score.

TECHNOLOGY tends to separate normal from natural. Our bodies weren’t designed to eat the foods that people in rich countries eat, or to get so little exercise. There may be a similar problem with the way we work: a normal job may be as bad for us intellectually as white flour or sugar is for us physically.

Unlike many arts organizations, Core Memory Music does not have a Facebook page. Why not? The answer is simple: our audience doesn’t want to hear from us on Facebook.

I’m not sure how I discovered the writings of Sherry Turkle, but for a long time I was hoping to find someone who thinks like her. Dr. Turkle is a clinical psychologist on the faculty at MIT. She has been doing research on the effects of computing technology on our mental health, and in particular on our capacity for empathy and solitude. To introduce you to her ideas, here’s my adaptation of an op-ed published last year in the Hartford Courant.