Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our…

David Foster Wallace
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Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes.
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Almost anything that you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting. ✨ The Pale King by David Foster Wallace - review by Michael Sayeau, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2011.
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Most of us will still take nihilism over neanderthalism. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.56, Hachette UK
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