David Foster Wallace “This is Water” Commencement Speech

May 10, 2013 By Jonathan Ping 5 Comments
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Graduation season is here again, making it the perfect time for The Glossary to create a short film out of a great commencement speech by the late writer David Foster Wallace. It has great application to life, and thus great application to those seeking financial freedom.

Consciousness. Conscious living. Conscious spending. All things that sound simple but are so hard to actually do on a daily basis.

The speech is abridged above, I enjoyed reading the full version.

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Comments

  1. Matt Bell says
    May 10, 2013 at 7:00 am

    Wow. Thanks for sharing this video. A very powerful message with lots of applications. And the story of David Foster Wallace is as stunningly sad as that of John Kennedy Toole.

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  2. Mike says
    May 10, 2013 at 8:35 am

    Great video – thanks for posting this

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  3. Brent says
    May 10, 2013 at 9:47 am

    David Wallace, as in the new owner of Dunder Mifflin?

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  4. Moobs says
    May 10, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    My personal favorite commencement speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfxYhtf8o4 Enjoy!

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  5. Steve says
    May 12, 2013 at 9:02 am

    I realize that Wallace was trying to make a larger point, but why not tell graduates that the American suburban experiences of commuting in traffic and shopping in supermarkets are choices, not requirements? I eliminated these things from my lifestyle 8 years ago and have been much happier for it.

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