This Is Water: A Lesson On Empathy

The wisdom of David Foster Wallace

Emily Roy

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Photo by Ryan Loughlin on Unsplash

The world doesn’t revolve around you.

That’s the essence of what David Foster Wallace wants you to never forget.

Wallace addressed the importance of awareness and perceptiveness of others in a commencement speech he gave at Kenyon College in 2005 titled, “This Is Water.”

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