This Is Water - David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech at Kenyon College in 2005

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.

In his way, David Foster Wallace cores down to the root of knowledge and knowing by talking about boredom and routine, supermarkets and traffic. His luminous mind, radiating even still. ​​And this is a video made by The Glossary makes it accessible again.

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4 - Billy Joel Answers the Question

Billy sing "New York State Of Mind" with Vanderbilt University student Michael Pollack, filmed during "An Evening of Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music" at the university in January 2013.

Fan Michael Pollack stood up to ask his childhood idol a question during the Piano Man's recent Q&A at Vanderbilt University

He asked to play with him. Joel answered.​

"...​and that's how you get to be a horn player in NYC... take a chance" Joel after the song.

​If you don't ask, you don't get. 

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5 - Blind Surfer Surfing Hawaii's Pipeline

BLIND SURFER FROM BRAZIL , DEREK RABELO , MEET WITH MAKUA ROTHMAN AND FRIENS TO SURF PIPELINE.

Just astounding and inspiring, 19-year-old Brazilian Derek Rabelo, entirely blind since birth, surfs Pipeline, Hawaii. 

A documentary called Beyond Sight, about Derek’s life is coming soon.

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4 - Nike: Find your greatness

​Sure, it's an ad. Sure it isn't saying anything new. It is moving though. Makes me remember what sport feels like.​