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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 closedloop129 on Friday July 29, 2022 @04:25PM (#32281391)
How should one interpret the speech in light of his suicide? [1] He didn't shoot his head which suggests that his mind wasn't a master. Still, it makes me a bit worried that his thoughts could be the structure that made him suffer.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace#Death

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Re:David Foster Wallace’s final attempt to make art moral by tanseydavid on Friday July 29, 2022 @05:47PM (#32282150)
I agree this is a very complex matter to consider but I dwell on the parts where he emphasizes the degree to which his own "default thinking mode" was like everyone else's, any you can choose to either suffer it or manage it.
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