David Foster Wallace discusses Popular Entertainment (2003)

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[rrfirefly]

In most parts of the U.S. if you have an intellect and you have an interest in arcane topics (art, architecture, philosophy, etc) many people will write you off as a weirdo (or a nerd). But if you perform your nasty dance at the Grammys you are a hero.

[natanunorthodox]

Pay attention to what he is saying here. Stupid follows stupid, intelligent follows intelligent, etc. It's very lonely when you are someone that realizes so many things that others don't or are in denial of knowing. It's just a shame that his detachment from it wasn't enough for him. I feel the same way most of the time. RIP David 🌗

[NobodyCaresALot]

10:52 is the feeling of trying to be perfectly clear and knowing it doesn't land, and then trying to conjure an explanation based on a derivative ideal to allow the other person to gain some insight. Lord, he tried. Words fail when there's a greater interest at hand.

I used to think he was pretentious but now it all makes sense. A literary prophet who didn't have the words or terms to express the future. Incredible. It's still coming. We haven't seen anything yet.

[GodsNode]

I think of myself as a relatively bright person but I believe, despite my best efforts, I would bore the shit out of David with my stupidity in a conversation.

[barkya]

I am listen to him forever again and again

[lightwishatnight]

Thank you for your work. Foster had a very peculiar mind.

[MrTantriq]

He was a very honest and humble man.

He also forecasted why platforms like YouTube overtook television.

[dr.christopherdiaz]

If George Constanza worried about real stuff, he would be DFW.

[markfletton]

I enjoyed immensely the way he was asked the question about what literature can do that other things can't do, whereupon he told her he'd seen that question on a bit of paper, then flipped it round by becoming a teacher, and she had zero response, other than to say he was more intelligent than she was. What a way to make your point.

[MH-spte]

Attempting to understand humanity necessitates understanding David.

[sunnyflower]

He is brilliant ! He’s just disheveled because he doesn’t have a woman in his life helping him look the Part. My god where are your manners give home some water and open a widow for circulation!!

[michaelmckay]

Reading leads to a sedentary lifestyle. Very unhealthy.

[BookClubDisaster]

It takes "skill and education" to derive pleasure from art that is "more difficult and less pleasant".

Sounds like mostly BS to me. I'd like to think I'm fairly skilled and educated, but I didn't fall in love with Infinite Jest as much as many people because the characters were generally depressed and non-appealing and about half the book takes place in a drug and alcohol rehab facility: about as depressing a setting as you can hope to find.

Infinite Jest: a supposedly fun thing I'll never read again.

[ht]

I wonder what his views would be in 2021. With all this cancel culture political correctness going on today i bet he would talk a lot deferent than he does in this video.

[duncefunce]

Gracious, he was fucked up. Wadda nineties kid.

[fallen]

Thank you so much Manufacturing Intellect! Your work is well appreciated!