January 19, 2018

David Foster Wallace on one of the insidious lessons about TV





One of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and you’re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy.

                             David Foster Wallace














From “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace,” by David Lipsky