This Is Water - David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech at Kenyon College in 2005

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death.

In his way, David Foster Wallace cores down to the root of knowledge and knowing by talking about boredom and routine, supermarkets and traffic. His luminous mind, radiating even still. ​​And this is a video made by The Glossary makes it accessible again.

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