Walking Infinite Jest

A Bostonian's Reading of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest

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February 25, 2015 chris failed entertainment, information flood, television 0

“It’s undeniable that television is an example of ‘low’ art, the sort of art that tries too hard to please. Because of the economics of nationally-broadcast, advertiser-subsidized entertainment, television’s one goal…is to ensure as much watching as possible.”

– David Foster Wallace, from page 12 of “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction”

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