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4.44 AVERAGE
This reminded me of Bertrand Russell's book on happiness. Wallace has the same approach to boredom, routine, and all the other people trapped here on earth with us, milling about getting in our way at the check-out line.
A commencement speech. Partly depressing simply due to the knowledge he succumbed to the very inevitable tediousness of life he warned the students of. Unlike most commencement speeches, Wallace doesn't hide life by painting a false bright future for every student gathered before him. Instead, he imparts knowledge of a moral view and how to look at life with compassion instead of anger.
reflective
fast-paced
I received this book as a parting gift from one of my English professors this semester, and "thank you" is not a phrase powerful enough to respond to my reaction to this book.
David Foster Wallace helped created what is possibly the best fifteen minutes I've ever spent on anything in my entire life. "This is Water" is powerful and hopeful in the strangest way. I can't even describe it. Just go read it... it's full of brilliant epiphanies and capital-T Truths that everyone should think about once in their lives.
David Foster Wallace helped created what is possibly the best fifteen minutes I've ever spent on anything in my entire life. "This is Water" is powerful and hopeful in the strangest way. I can't even describe it. Just go read it... it's full of brilliant epiphanies and capital-T Truths that everyone should think about once in their lives.
una scrittura spietatamente esatta, mica soltanto nuda: oltrepassa lo strato epidermico e arriva alla carne, alla verità che è corpo.
ci sono due giovani pesci che nuotano e a un certo punto incontrano un pesce più anziano che dice loro: "salve ragazzi, com'è l'acqua?" I due pesci più giovani nuotano un altro po', poi uno guarda l'altro e fa: "che cavolo è l'acqua?"
ci sono due giovani pesci che nuotano e a un certo punto incontrano un pesce più anziano che dice loro: "salve ragazzi, com'è l'acqua?" I due pesci più giovani nuotano un altro po', poi uno guarda l'altro e fa: "che cavolo è l'acqua?"
Got this as a library book and someone before me wrote on the first page “this is pure bullshit.”
I had many thoughts about the type of person who would do something like that, and the further I got into this speech the funnier it got just how ironic that, and the note itself is
I had many thoughts about the type of person who would do something like that, and the further I got into this speech the funnier it got just how ironic that, and the note itself is
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Short and profound, this little book tackles big ideas, promoting the most important thing of all: being present.
Wow! An unusual commencement address that rises above the traditional platitudes typically found in these speeches. Wallace makes a powerful connection between what he sees as the real value of a liberal education, open-mindedness, and the well-known quote from Buddha that "We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." I was so impressed with this book that I read it aloud to my Daughter, Kelsey, the night before she entered the US Naval Academy