i would like to think that i would be kind of earnest, like i think david foster wallace's being in this one. And also, there is a, a sickening optimism, whichis, i'm not against optimism, it's just like the whole, just cram it down your throat. You are on a journey, magical journey, at kirarowing, and i look forward to seeing you all 20 years, to the amazing things that you've done.
David and Tamler dive into David Foster Wallace’s celebrated and surprisingly earnest Kenyon College commencement speech “This is Water”. How can we escape the prison and prism of our (literally) self-centered perspective? Can we choose to adjust our natural default settings, take a break from our running inner monologue, and pay attention to what’s in front of us right now? Is DFW appealing to Buddhist ideas or something more general that you can be found across all spiritual traditions?
Plus we ask the AI ethics program “Ask Delphi” some tough moral questions (spoiler alert: "just the tip" is "rude"), and almost get into a big fight about the potential of AI ethical robots (but we’re saving that argument for a future episode).
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