David Foster Wallace Gets Animated For His “Your Mind is an Excellent Servant, but a Terrible Master” Commencement Speech

David Foster Wallace was brilliant American writer and university professor in the disciplines of English and creative writing. This speech is from his graduation address at Kenyon College in 2005.

The most profound ideas are the most difficult to articulate because they express thoughts that transcend words. Many of us struggle through life because we are stuck in our “default setting”, where we unconsciously see ourselves as the absolute center of the universe. David Foster Wallace presents an alternative way to see the world in this timeless speech.

I really wish he was around today.