Wallace: Video

October 11, 2023 | Category: Mindset & Philosophy

If you’ve spent any time on YouTube rabbit holes about productivity, stoicism, or existential dread, you’ve likely seen the thumbnail: a bespectacled man in a cap and a graduation gown, looking both painfully intelligent and deeply uncomfortable. That is David Foster Wallace. And the video—officially titled This is Water —has over 20 million views for a reason. wallace video

You think: If I just had more time. If these idiots would just move. I deserve better than this. You turn your immediate frustration into a capital-L Life problem. You become the center of the universe. October 11, 2023 | Category: Mindset & Philosophy

The point is crushing: The most obvious, important, and pervasive realities are often the hardest to see. Wallace argues that our natural, default state is worship . But we don’t worship gods anymore; we worship intellect, money, bodies, and status. The problem is that these are “unconscious” gods. When you worship money, you will never have enough. When you worship your body, you will always feel ugly. You think: If I just had more time

But the most brutal part of the speech is the .