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6 Jun 2018 Conversations with Tyler David Brooks on Youth, Morality, and Loneliness (Live at Mason)
“I am a big pen chewer. I don’t know if that counts as a real dysfunction. I feel I should come up with something more dramatic: I chew pens and shoot heroin at the same time.”
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- David Brooks
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- uncertainty
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- 6 Jun 2018
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Do you have a work habit dysfunction that you’re willing to confess to? [laughter] I have the same one everyone else has, which is checking my phone every 90 seconds. I am a big pen chewer. I don’t know if that counts as a real dysfunction. I feel I should come up with something more dramatic: I chew pens and shoot heroin at the same time. [laughter] A young person comes to you and says, “I would like to be some version of the next generation of David Brooks,” which won’t be exactly what you did by any means. Other than the trivial advice — work hard, talk to smart people, whatever — what would you give that person in the way of advice to guide them?…
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