▲ 735 ▼ Why I stopped talking about my feelings (lemmy.world) submitted 2 weeks ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DaniNatrix@leminal.space 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) "The mind is an excellent servant, but a terrible master." David Foster Wallace permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 7 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Web searched it, and the quote from his speech "This is water" is actually Think of the old cliché about “the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master.” This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth. Edit: The speech was a good read permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DaniNatrix@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago Thanks for the added context and providing a link for folks! It's a decent commencement speech overall and I appreciate the attention he draws to the importance (and difficulty) of perspective in it. If anyone understood the "great and terrible truth" of the adage, it would be him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 7 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Web searched it, and the quote from his speech "This is water" is actually Think of the old cliché about “the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master.” This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth. Edit: The speech was a good read permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DaniNatrix@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago Thanks for the added context and providing a link for folks! It's a decent commencement speech overall and I appreciate the attention he draws to the importance (and difficulty) of perspective in it. If anyone understood the "great and terrible truth" of the adage, it would be him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DaniNatrix@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago Thanks for the added context and providing a link for folks! It's a decent commencement speech overall and I appreciate the attention he draws to the importance (and difficulty) of perspective in it. If anyone understood the "great and terrible truth" of the adage, it would be him. permalink fedilink source parent
