David Foster Wallace reads "Consider the Lobster" (on the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival) on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2018–2020.
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A reading of David Foster Wallace's essay Consider the Lobster, about the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival and the ethics of boiling lobsters alive. The reading runs about 50 minutes.
Linked in threads about lobster welfare as an easy way to take in Wallace's essay.
“here's a video of DFW reading it out”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
> They don't have brains or central nervous systems, I would very highly recommend reading David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster . You can either buy the book of the same name which includes other essays or here's a PDF of the original article: [link] and here's a video of DFW reading it out: ▶ this video
in “The Weird World of Vegan YouTube Stars” · View on HN
Love that whole series of essays in the Consider the Lobster collection - you can also listen to several of them on YouTube and I have to say Wallace’s tone when reading the essays makes them more enjoyable ▶ this video
in “In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster” · View on HN
WOW that's pretty tonedeaf. remember David Foster Wallace? "Consider the Lobster"? Here's a reminder: ▶ this video
in “My Priceless Summer on a Maine Lobster Boat” · View on HN