Courtesy of OSU
- An ayahuasca-inspired commencement speech didn't go too well at Ohio State University.
- Alum and jewelry entrepreneur Chris Pan lauded bitcoin and sang songs. He got booed.
- Pan said he was surprised by the hate and wants to talk to his critics.
A commencement address at Ohio State University (OSU) over the weekend took a wild detour.
Speaker Christopher Pan lauded the benefits of bitcoin — prompting groans and boos from the college students gathered in the stadium.
But Pan tells Business Insider he was surprised and pained that his well-intentioned speech became overshadowed by a "bitcoin rabbit hole," and that he's talking with angry detractors on social media in order to grow from the experience.