This is Water by David Foster Wallace (Full Transcript and Audio) - Farnam Street
David Foster Wallace's remarkable 2005 commencement speech, This is Water, is a timeless trove of wisdom for living a meaningful life. Here is a full transcript along with audio.
Philosophy | Reading Time: 14 minutes This is Water by David Foster Wallace (Full Transcript and Audio) David Foster Wallace ‘s 2005 commencement speech to the graduating class at Kenyon College is a timeless trove of wisdom — right up there with Hunter Thompson on finding your purpose . The speech was made into a thin book titled This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life . Wallace hits on our need to manage rather than remove our core hard-wired human instincts. Here are the links to the original audio, followed by a transcript
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