Let's turn our attention to the prolific post-post-modern writer David Foster Wallace and his commencement address to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College.
In this commencement speech Wallace addresses and poses a few questions for his readers/audience.
Consider these questions as you read the speech, and prepare for a collegiate discussion of the text in a future class period.
How do we understand the āreal worldā, if we only live it through our own immediate experiences and point of view, where we are the ācenter of the universeā?
How much of the task of adapting our world view actually involves or requires āhigher educationā?
How do you construct meaning from experience?
What is the difference between āteaching you how to thinkā and ālearning what to think aboutā?
What is the role of higher education in your everyday life?
Towards the end of the speech, Wallace claims that in the day-to-day routine of daily life, āthere is no such thing as atheism; we all worship.ā What does Wallace mean by this statement? Can you give examples from things you have experienced or seen?