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I'm surprised to not see a mention of "This is Water", the commencement speech by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College, which thesis is that the point of a li
by senkora 2y ago
I'm surprised to not see a mention of "This is Water", the commencement speech by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College, which thesis is that the point of a liberal arts education is to help you escape your default setting.
http://bulletin-archive.kenyon.edu/x4280.html http://bulletin-archive.kenyon.edu/x4280.html
I think the title of this post may be a reference to "This is Water", since I haven't seen the term "default setting" anywhere else, but I could be mistaken.
- kolyder 2y agoYou couldn't be more correct. I wasn't actively thinking of DFW when I wrote this post, but his stuff is everywhere in my notes. A DFW post I wrote: https://kupajo.com/david-foster-walleye-sic/ https://kupajo.com/david-foster-walleye-sic/
- senkora 2y agoThanks! Really enjoyed that post as well.