Matt Damon Talks Banks, Brexit, Climate Change and Inequality at MIT Commencement (Video)
"There’s more at stake today than in any story ever told," said the actor who starred in "Good Will Hunting," set at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as he took the stage at the school's graduation ceremony Friday.“There’s more at stake today than in any story ever told,” said the actor who starred in the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting,” set at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as he took the stage at the school’s graduation ceremony Friday. He even mentioned a certain Massachusetts senator, saying, “I don’t know if justice is coming for you in this life or the next. But if justice does come for you in this life … her name is Elizabeth Warren.”
Watch the clip below and click here for the full text of the speech.
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