BEYOND SKYHOOKS AND OTTO PILOT.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, public intellectual.  And a fan of Mycroft Holmes.  Multimedia here.

Sample.

You can get a job lifting things or you can get a job — I have a friend, his son is an underachiever at school. I told him to tell him if you can memorize eight words he can be employed for the rest of his life.

The guy said, “What are those eight words?” I said, “Welcome to McDonald’s. May I take your order?”

There's more, mostly in a more earnest vein. Enjoy.