This season marks twenty years since David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” address was given at Kenyon College. The talk starts with a parable where an old fish swims by two young fish and greets them by asking, “How’s the water?” One of the young fish turns to the other and says, “What the heck […]
Friends, I am unplugging a bit this weekend, and hope that you are too. Instead of our usual reflections, I offer this audio link to David Foster Wallace’s original Kenyon commencement address, which later became the priceless small volume, This is Water. I re-heard this last night while sitting on my front porch near sunset, […]
When slow is fast. This week I was part of a panel at the CFA Institute’s annual summer symposium, held at the University of Chicago. It was an honor to be part of the program, of course, but as it landed in the middle of earnings season and a range of other commitments, I was […]