Bill Nye’s advice for Gen Z grads: ‘Pessimistic people don’t get very much done'—and they’ll drag you down with them

Bill Nye on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Credit: NBC Contributor / Getty Images)

• Bill Nye the Science Guy shared his words of wisdom for Goucher College’s 2019 graduating class: Don’t be afraid to change the world, respect others’ knowledge, and don’t get bogged down by pessimism. 

Bill Nye has spent his career immersing kids into the strange world of science—but now his viewers are all grown up, and he has some words of wisdom to share with Gen Z grads.