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A comment on David Foster Wallace’s final attempt to make art moral. Parent comment

Re:David Foster Wallace’s final attempt to make art moral by ethanbond on Friday July 29, 2022 @02:41PM (#32280378)
Predicting the rise of video calling and the backlash against having to look like you’re paying attention and of being prettied up, solved by the face filters then people completely replacing themselves with virtual avatars?

Incredibly prescient.

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Re:David Foster Wallace’s final attempt to make art moral by nemo44x on Friday July 29, 2022 @03:56PM (#32281145)
"Audio-only phone conversations allowed you to presume that the person on the other end was paying complete attention to you while also permitting you not to have to pay anything even close to complete attention to her"
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