The Chomsky Drop

August 14, 2019 11:32 PM

Noam Chomsky: “Worship of Markets” Is Threatening Human Civilization (Truth Out) An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More (Democracy Now) Current Affairs - A Chat With Chomsky (transcript) “The Task Ahead Is Enormous, and There Is Not Much Time” (Jacobin) There are reasons for Optimism (Catalyst)
posted by The Whelk (8 comments total)

Gramsci was not arrested for jumping bail on sexual assault charges.
posted by fallingbadgers at 12:23 AM on August 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

An interview with Chomsky on language
posted by Noisy Pink Bubbles at 2:02 AM on August 15, 2019

I'll never understand why Chomsky is so much easier to read in interviews than in books. I've tried and tried to read his books, and his style is opaque to me; I can't tell when he is being ironic, or dry, or factual, and it's a slog. But his interviews are lively and fun (for some grim value of fun). Although I feel like I see Amy Goodman interviews with him every couple of minutes showing up on my various feeds, and all I can think is that she's stalking the poor man, forcing him on camera every minute of his life.
posted by mittens at 6:24 AM on August 15, 2019 [4 favorites]

I would like to hear his opinion of when and what the correct resolution will be of whether P equals NP.
posted by sammyo at 6:44 AM on August 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

if we didn't have to spend so much time fighting nazis we might have cracked that P = NP problem by now.
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 7:12 AM on August 15, 2019 [8 favorites]

Thank you for the transcript!

I sure dig text.
posted by hank at 8:54 AM on August 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

For anybody else wondering, these are all recent.
posted by rhizome at 6:17 PM on August 15, 2019

Love me some Chomsky (and I listen to him frequently). Thanks for the post of some good talks!
posted by rmmcclay at 6:30 PM on August 15, 2019