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    CHAS
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    David Foster Wallace on the value of education.
    https://www.thefp.com/p/things-worth-remembering-david-foster-wallace?utm_campaign=email-post&r=7xhqo&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

    "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary."-David Sedaris

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      Looks like an interesting piece, but there's a paywall. Is there any option for a gift link?

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        Here's a transcription of the commencement speech: https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/links/culture/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

        Big Al

        Money seems to buy the most happiness when you give it away.

        Why does everything have to be so complicated, all in the name of convenience. -ShiroKuro

        A lifetime of experience will change a person. If it doesn't, then you're already dead inside. -MarkJ

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          The multiplication table is worth remembering.
          A few phone/ID/account numbers and passwords are probably worth remembering.
          Where I last parked, where I last placed my wallet/keys, sure.

          I donโ€™t remember much of any commencement speech. :man-shrugging:

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