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4.44 AVERAGE
4.44 AVERAGE
One of the most life changing things I have ever read.
It's the brief and only graduation speech given by David Foster Wallace. This is my first DFW. I have Infinite Jest in my to-read list for long period of days such that the number of pages are relatively shorter. And this one book is way more shorter and briefer and precise about the importance and the emphasis on how to think which really means exercising some control over how and what to think. If you have teenage sibling or recently graduated nephew, this book can enlighten them. Nothing about religion, morality and other aesthetic virtues but eviternal wisdom of self awareness. The Graduation Speech is available on YouTube as well, I believe. Highly recommended for life.
"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discplines, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.
That is real freedom."
That is real freedom."
this is such basic yet profound advice. I think this will be a book I read many times in my life this was so centering and I hope it continues to center me when I need to come back to it. I feel like this is a book a lot of people need right now.
More of an essay than a book, but definitely worth a read. A lot of good life advice organized eloquently.
A simple, beautiful, and true to life message: don't be so self centered and consider those around you as fellow human beings deserving or respect.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
reflective
fast-paced