In Honor Of “The Big Short”, Here Is Michael Burry’s Historic Commencement Speech

On the day after one of America’s greatest for over-consumption, a few moments of quiet reflection on the state of our world seemed appropriate. With the launch of “The Big Short” movie (assuredly infuriating many Americans with its “dangerous for the establishment” expose of the greed, stupidity, hubris, and arrogance of Wall Street bankers gone wild), Dr. Michael Burry’s infamous UCLA commencement speech has much to offer .

Infamous for his correct predictions of the great recession, Europe’s demise, and the collapse of the US financial system (as well as profiting handsomely from being right), the painful ‘truthiness’ of this brief speech stunningly summarizes the ominous truth facing most of the developed (and much of the emerging) world today:

“In this age of infinite distraction… when the entitled elect themselves, the party accelerates, and the brutal hangover is inevitable.”

A quarter-of-an-hour well spent from a self-described ‘chicken-little’ who was “just trying to figure it all out”.