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Cover of This Is Water by David Foster Wallace

This Is Water

David Foster Wallace · 2009
Mentioned 5 times across 4 podcasts · 2020–2026
Mention timeline5 mentions
20202026
Where it's mentioned
2026
What Can Henry David Thoreau Teach Us About Work?
The Next Big Idea · Sep 2026
“I'm reminded of David Foster Wallace's comment in This Is Water when he says that”
Why Friendship Matters in the Face of Suffering | John Kaag & Clancy Martin
The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose · May 2026
“what David Foster Wallace says in This Is Water, which is that our natural default setting is a sort of innate self-centeredness”
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The Mel Robbins Podcast · Mar 2026
“They published it as something called This Is Water, but you can actually watch video of it”
2021
#545: Marco Canora — The Art of Food, Eating, Nutrition, and Life
The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 2021
“This Is Water by David Foster Wallace is one I commonly give because it's just It's so short”
2020
#412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self
The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 2020
“In other words, like think about the the old David Foster Wallace, This is water”