David Foster Wallace

To watch this guy is to see eloquence and opinion condensed in form; geeky confidence exuding, colloquial intelligence, like a sharp knife wielded in air, deft, strong, weaving words in the right way. After watching thirty minutes of him talk I feel more educated, learned, my footsteps somehow weightier with the sense of higher skies and further paths. The sensation of holding a gun, perhaps a gun that shoots words, streamlined roughness and self-aware mention, power all more powerful because of its ability for self-regulation and awareness (the switch that can turn itself off and so therefore controls more power), standing next to a miniature-monolithic device, trembling and moving swiftly with massive inertia, sure and yielding. Incredible.