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GA 456 | “This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace with Alex Judd

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on December 29th, 2022

This week’s guest is Alex Judd. Ron and Alex listened to and discussed David Foster Wallace’s famous commencement speech, “This Is Water.” This is a very powerful episode that contains some great food for thought for the new year. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

  • Why this commence speech is important (3:47)
  • Alex’s background (9:33)
  • What is water? (10:16)
  • The ability to think critically (13:39)
  • The argument he is making (16:18)
  • Why the believer and non-believer are actually similar (26:16)
  • Being lost (35:14)
  • The monotony of adult life (42:03)
  • How NOT to think (44:22)
  • Darkness and light (49:03)
  • Why you get to decide how to see things (51:47)
  • The power of education (58:54)
  • Why there has to be truth (1:03:59)
  • Life before death (1:09:41)
  • Identifying your truth (1:13:15)
  • Choosing wisely (1:16:19)
  • Why truth demands submission (1:18:07)

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