"If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is and who and what is really important - if you want to operate on your default-setting - then you, like me, will not consider possibilities that aren't pointless and annoying."

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Source: One Speech by This 90s Literary Giant Holds the Key to Ending Polarization in America by Philip Perry, bigthink.com.

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David Foster Wallace

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David Foster Wallace was an influential American writer known for his complex narratives and deep explorations of truth and anxiety, particularly in 'Infinite Jest.'

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