THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.

We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested.

Read the full speech here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

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Dve mlade ribice
plivaju jedna pored druge

i slučajno sretnu stariju ribu
koja pliva u suprotnom pravcu,

klima im glavom i kaže:
"Dobro jutro momci, kakva je voda?"

i dve mlade ribice
nastavljaju da plivaju za kratko

i konačno
jedna pogleda ka drugoj

i kaže:
"Šta je to, do đavola, voda?"

Poenta priče sa ribama
je prosto da

očigledne, važne činjenice
su često one

koje je najteže videti
i reći ih.

Ovako rečeno, naravno,

je samo otrcana fraza

ali činjenica je da dan za danom
u rovovima egzistencije odraslih ljudi

otrcane fraze mogu imati
važnost života ili smrti.

Prosta činjenica je da vi
koji upravo završavate studije

nemate pojma šta fraza
"dan za danom" stvarno znači.

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