The thing that amazes me the most about Chomsky is his amazing capacity for recall i.e. his memory of detail is truly astounding especially at his age. He's a human encyclopedia.
This is how I felt for Christopher Hitchens as well. Always knew such an obscure piece of knowledge that seemed like it was going off on a tangent, but he would always have a profound point. But I would say Hitchens was a better orator. Chomsky is certainly a walking encyclopedia, but I feel Hitchens was a walking encyclopedia and thesaurus. These guys are special. No doubt about it. So well studied, well versed, and have wisdom that went along with their knowledge downloads onto their audiences.
Yeah but that's only part of the equation. Interviews with Chomsky only give Chomsky's view points. Nobody is there to break down his mistakes or add alternative facts counter to Chomsky's. The first question I'd like Chomsky to answer is, what gives anyone the right to run any country? That's in response to Chomsky's what gives America the right to interfere with another country? In Venezuela, for instance, what gives Maduro the right to control Venezuela? Instead of blaming Maduro for bad policies he blames America for interfering. How does Chomsky rectify Maduro's poor leadership? The answer seems to be let it fester.
(1:32) Introduction (2:35) Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter 1963 (8:12) Moral judgements: Intellectualism (8:54) Vietnam War, wild men in the wings vs stenographers of power (17:40) Deconstructing American Exceptionalism, Nuclear missiles and the cognitive dissonance of Russian aggression intervention strategies (26:45) Venezuelan Sanctions and impeding Chinese economic development (36:33) Trump's North Korea approach (41:41) Trump domestic impact, Neoliberal political shift (49:55) Fear in America (1:02:15) Syria and Israel (1:09:55) Oxymoronic missile defense, Iran “threat” (1:12:10) Free Speech limitations by the left are a gift to the Neofascists (1:18:10) 1st amendment protects prior restraint, 1960s Civil Rights Movement changed the precedent (1:24:40) Christianity - The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey 2017 (1:33:25) Domestic terrorism: Right wing or Islamic (1:45:16) “Useable nuclear weapons” Daniel Ellsberg The Doomsday Machine: Confessions Of a Nuclear War Planner 2017 (1:50:05) Brazil, Jaír Bolsonaro and the disinformation campaign (1:59:10) Producing writing for society vs linguistics and philosophy
This is an aside, but I’m so happy your sound engineer knows how to record Chomsky in his age. As a musician it can be so frustrating on other platforms to hear someone throw up a mic with standard settings on this wonderful but soft-spoken man. The noise floor and plosives shoot through the roof! Yes! SM7b with the highs rolled off! Ok I’m stopping my sound rant there.
@thomas thompson your compression and EQ settings will handle a great deal of the stuff Chris is referring to, but reverb and delay (used with restraint) are other basic tools you can use to give depth and body to a vocal mix. The straight signal from microphone to DAW isn't usually going to sound the way you'd like it to sound in its final form, especially with someone who has lots of vocal quirks (speaking of myself in particular, my voice tends to need de-essing, EQ-work to even out nasality, etc). And before you even get to recording, the gear you use and how you setup the gear in the room you're recording in is probably the most important aspect of a recording. The world of sound recording is so much fun and you'll never run out of things to learn!
@nmeunier Fear is a feeling, it does not need a sound justification. If people believe they are under attack, or will be attacked, they will behave that way, even if there is no real reason to believe. The people of Sparta were known to carry this sort of paranoia, as well. For example, they were reluctant to send their forces too far from home. Even when the risk was low and the reward was high, they were held back by this deep feeling that someone would come to take back this 'stolen' land. So they stayed home, always training and preparing for battle.
Many thanks, LK. Being 1/4 Christian humanist and 3/4 Chomskyist myself, it's great to see the auld yin still in good shape and as sharp as ever. A true father of humanism
One of the greatest minds of 21st century has a little less than 11,000 views in 4 days, while the presentation of the new Tesla truck in 3 days has more than 5 million views. This is the reality we live in, and governments are glad that people are left to their own stupidity.
you just like these guys because you dont want to read, all they do is regurgitate knowledge , they have no true intellectual insight on anything , they arent here to fix or do anything but get paid they are just as bad as bad corporations. "Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth..." and then you melt
@@sirnunez7923 You think this is all they do? Where is Noam Chomsky on the news? Almost never. He is probably getting paid for his time sometimes. Do you expect him not to be? This is Noam Chomsky we're talking about here... very famous and people do indeed watch him and follow him in the internet.
Interesting statement by the Maestro: “Since the Raegan era, both parties moved so much to the right, that when you hear Eisenhower now, he sounds like a Bernie Sanders”
@Bryzz Lull There are simply too many. I'm not talking about an abject wizard of oz here, I'm talking about people at the top of the hundreds of private corporations who make 100x the amount their workers make, which should be seen as theft, nothing else. Currency itself is a lie and used to enslave people. Abraham Lincoln said minimum wage labor is the same as slavery. Who? No, why don't you instead ask how many people are homeless, how many children are hungry, how outrageous costs of healthcare and prescription drugs are, how the majority of the wealth goes to the top of the people in this PLUTOCRACY.
@@Maximilian_1 Because it is true. The answer is right in front of you, all around you. If you can't see it then... what are you other than ignorant or intransigent?
@Bryzz Lull What have they influenced? Elections. Policies. Look at private ownership of the internet, which was developed by the government with tax-payer money! That is the influence. It influences a massive percentage of what people desire. Look at advertising today. Look at what is being done with the internet. Look at the hundreds of commercials of lawsuits about different corporations that knew very well that their products were harmful or even deadly. Look at Johnson and Johnson with the talcum powder. People are born into massive amounts of debt that simply isn't going to be paid back, when the massively wealthy get to sit around on gilded couches and drink thousand dollar wines. Oh yes, this must be saved! The reality is, policies every day are written not for the betterment of the people but specifically for the rich, and psychologists are hired to meticulously craft products and advertisements which brainwash people effectively. It is a massively tangled ball of yarn, and that is what you get with this form of capitalism. Not capitalism in general, for American capitalism is its own breed. There are no rules. Corporations make the rules, and if you disagree... you can join the largest prison population in the world... that's where they will hold you, or you will end up on the streets, maybe to die in a gutter. Who cares? Very few, especially not the rich.
@Dog Ma So are you saying that Chomsky's knowledge of history, rights, politics, etc. with referances to articles by professionals on the subject, is made up? By facts I mean his referances to books and articles, and by reality I mean his recollection and knowledge of history. Could you maybe give some examples on what you don't agree with in this video? I mean, I don't claim to agree with everything in the video. I'm for example sceptic to what Chomsky said about windows and china. That doesn't mean that he didn't use facts and reality in what he said..
If it seems like Chomsky is talking over Krauss sometimes I think it may be partly an issue of his hearing. Normally he wouldn't do that. I took a class from him last year (it was amazing!) and he really had difficulty hearing some of the questions from the class. Considering he just had his 91st birthday on 12/7 he's doing amazingly well!
I've read the Ellsberg book Chomsky references at 1:46 and I highly recommend it. Also, the book by Scott Atran he refers to earlier is called Talking to the Enemy, also an amazing book, Atran went into places like Lebanon and the West Bank and talked to potential terrorists and the communities that support them and what he found was (as Chomsky alluded to) they were primarily motivated not by religion but by the same things that would motivate anyone: that their friends and loved ones had been murdered, maimed, and tortured by the US and US puppet forces. Another excellent book along the same lines is Dying to Win: The Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape from the University of Chicago, very scholarly and dispassionate statistical analysis of terrorism and its causes. Interestingly, Pape's work was primarily supported by the DOD under Bush and Rumsfeld. I wonder what they thought of his results. Although, that's really not all that unusual, the DOD and the CIA often have a good understanding of what is really going on, it's just that those kinds of analysis (e.g., the Pentagon Papers) are meant for internal use not for the general public.
Seems like he didn't get the memo while defending and praising Chavez. And this was way after Chavez was incarcerating judges, political opposition, "kidnappings" and stole private property. He is as much of a pundit as the next one.
I think that's by design, because if you could actually hear what he's saying and then play it back years later, you would realize how vacuous and out of touch his ideas are.
One of the better Chomsky interviews in sometime. Often, Chomsky falls back on his standard responses, and in this interview we are gifted with fresh perspectives.
Jim Walker I think of them as well, he is asked many of the same questions, which naturally leads to similar responses, especially if you’re a fan of his, sometimes you can get the impression that the same things are being said it’s not necessarily the case, but hey, in some cases, the same answers are relevant
I agree that so many Chomsky videos and audios are poorly miked and lit and distantly framed. This is a pleasure to look at and listen to because the tech side is so well done. To have The Enterprise and Mr. Spock hovering in the background is icing on the cake. Bravo!
yeah wtf! I follow a lot of these type of things and watch BOTH these guys a lot... yet I got no recommendation until now. Fuck you TH-cam... sometimes you know me better than my wife... and sometimes you're a complete stranger.
Yes this is the new norm now - The Leftists are in control; so naturally they're getting the Communist message out as soon as possible. a.k.a. Deprogram and/or silence the Conservatives - - - Sad for our Bill of Rights...
I used to put so many hours into these kinds of discussions, but since i've had such a massive fallout. The internet just appears as so much and with each moment the breadth of it all i have no idea what to put the attention into for developmental or practice sake.
Sooo happy so see and hear Lawrence again! And my beloved Chomsky as well! Wow, I'd say God's heard my prayers if there was one☻ Subscribing and looking forward to more from you🤗 Love ftom Russia x
There's no other point in space time than this. It's inevitable, but you can still be amazed : every fact is as common and ordinary as a capricious fortuity
This interview made me realise something, people should keep a very good eye on what is happening. If I have to sum what Chomsky spoke-'Evil is very sneaky and deceptive.'
I first heard the name Norm Chomsky from Leonard Bernstein Norton lecture. I had no clue what at first because for 4 lectures he relied on linguistic discovery to explain the musical phenomena, and the name of Norm Chomsky came up over and over. In his bio, Leonard Bernstein was really happy going back to give lecture at his old school and the lecture really took me off to learn how language and music are related. It was Norm and Lenny that started my interest in both linguistics and music.
Noam is like a statue of intelligence. He sees history like it were a rainbow of shifting patterns, always changing but the same in its essential form. He knits together the nagging of the left with the oppression of the right and the resulting friction. He is calm like the center of a hurricane, throwing out words which make you at once say, "ahh, now I see the truth", and, "holy shit, we've got to do something about this." All the while he looks back at history, he predicts the future without even trying. In other words, some things never change.
Let Noam talk! Anytime he was talking it seemed like you were trying to rush him so you could talk or change topics. Let things flow more naturally IMO. I like the really like your pod though and love Noam's views.
Just a quick note to say that the Liberation Theology in Latin America was not acceptable to the official Catholic Church. Pope John Paul 11's tirade against one of the leaders in public attested to the Church's position. The cause of canonization of the nuns who were murdered by CIA backed forces have been ignored by the Church of Rome.
Many thanks from Finland. Noam has always had my full attention & respect. Choosing to help humanity is absolutely beautiful. Some people are just fundamentally angelic ;) Best wishes!
Srsly when did this interview happen? I need to know under which context this discussion was undertaken. Had the Ukraine thing come out? Had the removal of troops from Northern Syria occurred?
The thing that impresses me the most about Chomsky (and there are many things on that list) is his lack of cynicism. He never seems to despair of people. Even when talking of these same dreary old establishment stances against student protests (and we’re seeing it again right now actually) happen again and again and people still fall for it, he doesn’t get cynical and blame people. Most of us can’t do that. By the time we’re 30 we’ve decided the average person is pond life and just give up on politics. It’s a tremendous quality in a person to never really ‘get old’ in this way.
the Brazilian social media campaign stunned him and yet he thinks nothing of the Russian meddling in our elections. he's also dead wrong on Islamic terror. outside of these two issues I loved everything else he said and found him to be profoundly insightful.
I am, and I think the whole world should be infinitely grateful to Mr Chomsky for his decision to speak out for decades! His POV and commentary has been invaluable and inspirational to millions... I adore him, and thank you and him so much for this...
also this interview is a gem. ive been trying to pace the incidences of my mindblownness, and its become increasingly hard for things to mindblow me that are not just pure academic lengthly research and "liturgy" (I wish i could understand turing's computational incompleteness paper but one go was definitely not enough.)...the pure candence that mr. chomsky speaks shows his confidence from his younger days, but also the depth and tidiness of his research (for example him reading airplane bombing records). and always have in mind the masses as well...
Questions: Where on the political spectrum would you place Chomsky and Krauss, and have you noticed anything about either of them that would align more with the political right? My limited exposure to them leaves me with the impression that Chomsky is more dependably leftwing than Krauss...is that accurate?
Thank you very much for this, definitely made me think about some things in different ways than i otherwise did. And to paraphrase, it’s better to have fought and lost than to have never fought at all
What a great talk. I notice at around 53:00 Noam talks about how people shelter their children from the outside world to protect them from overblown threats. And that we know the threats are overblown because the statistics are lowered on incidents like kidnappings, etc. But wouldn't the fact that children are all protected and sheltered be one of the main factors in bringing those statistics down in the first place? It's kind of like saying that you don't need to take a tetanus vaccine because nobody gets tetanus any more, but then the reason why nobody gets tetanus any more is because everyone takes the tetanus vaccine.
The sage speaks, and we mortals listen with awe for his deep humanism and clarity. Long live Chomsky and his honesty, intellectualism, and the courage to speak truth.
31:12 also. most computer innovation is taking place on the linux platform today. Open source is the way to go if you want innovation. But that is of course not the goal.
Chomsky says the right should be allowed to speak and proved wrong in open debate, but free speech isn’t just to allow the other side to come round to your point of view. Free speech is to allow for the possibility that you, also, may be wrong.
1:58:35 It's quite shocking that they're slashing funding to the sciences, historically there's never been a greater ally to facist/crypto-facist military regimes than the sciences.
Yolo Swaggins well now there’s a lot to dissect there. The Nazis loved SOME science. Other sciences, psychology and Nuclear science were dubbed “Jewish science”. Fascists only like technology so far as it advances their power, and sciences that they don’t like are cut and suppressed. Fascism is also inherently anti intellectual, Eco’s Ur-Fascism outlines this better than I can.
I am at wow state when i listen to his discourses for many reasons. I am so greatful to see an intellectual speaking of matters and world wide events in mordern ways which help us understand social matters.
IS there any discussions on how we can secure access to videos like this, and of course, access to the encompassed schools of thought/dialogue/debates (or is there even worry of the termination of said access?)... the threat being the "powers that be" throttling the Internet (which we know is already happening) and/or generally the censorship of certain online content.
I agree with other comments that this is one of the best interviews with Chomsky for a long time, and Chomsky gets his views across very well here. Lawrence's 'sympathetic slightly critical' interviewing approach brings out the best in Chomsky's style of discourse. He is challenged gently but not shouted down, cut off or interrupted allowing the depth and breadth of his views to emerge as well as their internal consistency and, I would say, logic.
Chomsky has an uncanny ability to look at the world objectively. An objective intellectual view is very unsettling to most people's subjective tribalistic view of the world. People accuse Chomsky of disloyalty for not being a blind follower not understanding that an objective view is important for looking out for ones best interests including that of their country.
@Will K - Politics/Culture One could easily argue that capitalism has killed many more people. Fascism and colonialism are capitalistic. The capitalistic early industrial revolution was responsible for working people to death. Chomsky points out the problems of all economic and political systems. I have attached a video that most socialists or communists would accuse him of attacking them. Chomsky may save capitalism from its' excesses. People's subjective bond to their ideology causes people to defend critical views which can be used for improvement. All economic systems operate within a political system. The present US trend of the last 40 years of increasing militarism and increasing power to wealthy people and their corporations will result in a backlash that could greatly damage the present system in the US IF it isn't curtailed before it is too late. th-cam.com/video/XkzygezS-Do/w-d-xo.html
Let's remember that Chomsky only APPEARS to be, ' objective ', because he has the great luxury of Hindsight-Hindsight which those whom he criticizes did NOT have at the time!
@@mck1972They could have foreseen both outcomes & the moral implications though. He’s being objective all the same and not trying to change facts to fit a fake narrative. Plus he’s been consistent all the way through. Your ONLY rider is weak and dismissive: for shame.
@christopherhamilton3621 LOL Unless you can show that Chomsky actually, ' foresaw ', anything himself-BEFORE it happened, then what you mistakenly call Chomsky's, ' objectivity ', and, ' consistency ', is in reality just his own worthless exploitation of 20/20 Hindsight about fields that he has never had the guts to actually work in himself-Which is everything outside Linguistics! And so it is You Yourself that is, ' weak ', and, ' shamed ', here, for not facing up to how my, ' narrative ', is 100% accurate! 😂😂😂
Chomsky references an article about how Trump controls the Republican Party in the New York Times at 42:52. Could someone link the article? I can't seem to find it. Thanks in advance.
This makes me so sad. When we grew up all of us would leave every morning and hike and bike with no phones, our mom’s trusted us to come home when the streetlights came on.
As a brazilian I gotta say Chomsky talking about Lula made me believe he's really out of touch about recent brazilian history. Lula is one of the shadiest characters in our history. He's involved in the biggest corruption scandal this country has ever seen and no he wasn't wrongfully accused for god's sake. Bolsonaro is not a good president or even a good person but compared to Lula's corruption history he's still lagging behind a bit (though he might be able to reach him if he keeps on the way he's going). And that talk about the elite not liking Lula because he wasn't too well educated oh gimme a break please. This is really sad to hear from someone like Chomsky. He talks as if the elite was just this single group of people with the same way of thinking and no disagreement whatsoever. The elite loved Lula, or at least the part of the elite he favored during his mandate. There's a simple, primal rule here in our country: Don't ever idolize politicians.
I agree. He sent troops to Haiti to be used as enforcers under Canadian command and did awful to the Haitian people. He promoted the biofuels racket too.
Chomsky is the most important thinker of the 20th century and the first 20 years of the 21st. He is growing old but his mind is still sharper than most people in their 20s. He's absolutely correct about almost every subject and has an encyclopedic brain. He introduced me to Socialism and Anarchy at a young age and has read almost everything he has written. He should be the president but he is a leader, not a politician. The two are almost mutually exclusive. When he passes I will be very sad and lost.
I share the same sentiments with you. Chomsky can only be preserved by sharing his thoughts and works with the rest of the population. It amazes me that this video has very few views in comparison to the nonsense that plagues TH-cam.
The Vietnam War came into my life and I’m 72 now through The on the scene reporters that were there with our boys in Vietnam filming what was actually happening in full color with commentary from the reporter and I remember distinctly that there came a point where there weren’t any major news entities showing the horror as it happened we didn’t have smell a vision van but we wanted it and then all of a sudden there’s no more live news in color broadcasting from Vietnam as soon as the American public didn’t see what was really happening everything could be hidden from American opinion and politicized and continued killing our boys and girls on both sides of the issue in Vietnam my draft number was 86
Is there anything that Noam Chomsky has not read and imbibed intellectually? A unique blend of knowledge and wisdom that is unsurpassed in my estimation.
Knowledge is not the same as wisdom: If Chomsky, ' reads and imbibes ', last season's pro football stats, then does that make Chomsky qualified to play or coach for an NFL team? See how ridiculous that reasoning is? 😂
The thing that amazes me the most about Chomsky is his amazing capacity for recall i.e. his memory of detail is truly astounding especially at his age. He's a human encyclopedia.
I've noticed that as well. Just his riff on Emerson at the beginning, a subject which was in no way topical, shows this in action.
this guy is a walking spreadsheet. Unbelievable
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This is how I felt for Christopher Hitchens as well. Always knew such an obscure piece of knowledge that seemed like it was going off on a tangent, but he would always have a profound point. But I would say Hitchens was a better orator. Chomsky is certainly a walking encyclopedia, but I feel Hitchens was a walking encyclopedia and thesaurus.
These guys are special. No doubt about it. So well studied, well versed, and have wisdom that went along with their knowledge downloads onto their audiences.
Yeah but that's only part of the equation. Interviews with Chomsky only give Chomsky's view points. Nobody is there to break down his mistakes or add alternative facts counter to Chomsky's. The first question I'd like Chomsky to answer is, what gives anyone the right to run any country? That's in response to Chomsky's what gives America the right to interfere with another country? In Venezuela, for instance, what gives Maduro the right to control Venezuela?
Instead of blaming Maduro for bad policies he blames America for interfering. How does Chomsky rectify Maduro's poor leadership? The answer seems to be let it fester.
(1:32) Introduction
(2:35) Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter 1963
(8:12) Moral judgements: Intellectualism
(8:54) Vietnam War, wild men in the wings vs stenographers of power
(17:40) Deconstructing American Exceptionalism, Nuclear missiles and the cognitive dissonance of Russian aggression intervention strategies
(26:45) Venezuelan Sanctions and impeding Chinese economic development
(36:33) Trump's North Korea approach
(41:41) Trump domestic impact, Neoliberal political shift
(49:55) Fear in America
(1:02:15) Syria and Israel
(1:09:55) Oxymoronic missile defense, Iran “threat”
(1:12:10) Free Speech limitations by the left are a gift to the Neofascists
(1:18:10) 1st amendment protects prior restraint, 1960s Civil Rights Movement changed the precedent
(1:24:40) Christianity - The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey 2017
(1:33:25) Domestic terrorism: Right wing or Islamic
(1:45:16) “Useable nuclear weapons” Daniel Ellsberg The Doomsday Machine: Confessions Of a Nuclear War Planner 2017
(1:50:05) Brazil, Jaír Bolsonaro and the disinformation campaign
(1:59:10) Producing writing for society vs linguistics and philosophy
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This is an aside, but I’m so happy your sound engineer knows how to record Chomsky in his age. As a musician it can be so frustrating on other platforms to hear someone throw up a mic with standard settings on this wonderful but soft-spoken man. The noise floor and plosives shoot through the roof!
Yes! SM7b with the highs rolled off!
Ok I’m stopping my sound rant there.
@thomas thompson your compression and EQ settings will handle a great deal of the stuff Chris is referring to, but reverb and delay (used with restraint) are other basic tools you can use to give depth and body to a vocal mix. The straight signal from microphone to DAW isn't usually going to sound the way you'd like it to sound in its final form, especially with someone who has lots of vocal quirks (speaking of myself in particular, my voice tends to need de-essing, EQ-work to even out nasality, etc). And before you even get to recording, the gear you use and how you setup the gear in the room you're recording in is probably the most important aspect of a recording. The world of sound recording is so much fun and you'll never run out of things to learn!
@nmeunier Fear is a feeling, it does not need a sound justification. If people believe they are under attack, or will be attacked, they will behave that way, even if there is no real reason to believe.
The people of Sparta were known to carry this sort of paranoia, as well. For example, they were reluctant to send their forces too far from home. Even when the risk was low and the reward was high, they were held back by this deep feeling that someone would come to take back this 'stolen' land. So they stayed home, always training and preparing for battle.
@nmeunier Fuck it. Never mind.
but the highs arent rolled off. And the plosives are prevented due to the pop filter
The ear is the best sound tester there is.If it sounds right it is right,as in this case.
Whoever did the recording of Chomsky....THANK YOU!!!!
This podcast is particularly excels with audio and video quality.
EQ and compression are beautiful things in competent hands. That's one of my pet peeves about some otherwise great talks or podcasts.
Many thanks, LK. Being 1/4 Christian humanist and 3/4 Chomskyist myself, it's great to see the auld yin still in good shape and as sharp as ever. A true father of humanism
One of the greatest minds of 21st century has a little less than 11,000 views in 4 days, while the presentation of the new Tesla truck in 3 days has more than 5 million views. This is the reality we live in, and governments are glad that people are left to their own stupidity.
Andi G Tesla truck? How about a guy popping balloons with some repetitive music in the background getting tens of millions on views?
There's worse than that look at those so called baloon ass Instagram influencers. They get million likes in an hour of publishing a stupid post
Congratulations on your empty and stupid remark.
you just like these guys because you dont want to read, all they do is regurgitate knowledge , they have no true intellectual insight on anything , they arent here to fix or do anything but get paid they are just as bad as bad corporations. "Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth..." and then you melt
@@sirnunez7923 You think this is all they do? Where is Noam Chomsky on the news? Almost never. He is probably getting paid for his time sometimes. Do you expect him not to be? This is Noam Chomsky we're talking about here... very famous and people do indeed watch him and follow him in the internet.
This format is really good for Chomsky, I usually see videos of him answering individual questions but I like the continual stream of thought.
Noam 'you were probably in elementary school at the time' Chomsky.
Interesting statement by the Maestro:
“Since the Raegan era, both parties moved so much to the right, that when you hear Eisenhower now, he sounds like a Bernie Sanders”
@Bryzz Lull Are you ignorant or just intransigent?
The Flaming Philosopher Doesn’t answer the question but instead just calls other person ignorant
@Bryzz Lull There are simply too many. I'm not talking about an abject wizard of oz here, I'm talking about people at the top of the hundreds of private corporations who make 100x the amount their workers make, which should be seen as theft, nothing else. Currency itself is a lie and used to enslave people. Abraham Lincoln said minimum wage labor is the same as slavery. Who? No, why don't you instead ask how many people are homeless, how many children are hungry, how outrageous costs of healthcare and prescription drugs are, how the majority of the wealth goes to the top of the people in this PLUTOCRACY.
@@Maximilian_1 Because it is true. The answer is right in front of you, all around you. If you can't see it then... what are you other than ignorant or intransigent?
@Bryzz Lull What have they influenced? Elections. Policies. Look at private ownership of the internet, which was developed by the government with tax-payer money! That is the influence. It influences a massive percentage of what people desire. Look at advertising today. Look at what is being done with the internet. Look at the hundreds of commercials of lawsuits about different corporations that knew very well that their products were harmful or even deadly. Look at Johnson and Johnson with the talcum powder. People are born into massive amounts of debt that simply isn't going to be paid back, when the massively wealthy get to sit around on gilded couches and drink thousand dollar wines. Oh yes, this must be saved! The reality is, policies every day are written not for the betterment of the people but specifically for the rich, and psychologists are hired to meticulously craft products and advertisements which brainwash people effectively. It is a massively tangled ball of yarn, and that is what you get with this form of capitalism. Not capitalism in general, for American capitalism is its own breed. There are no rules. Corporations make the rules, and if you disagree... you can join the largest prison population in the world... that's where they will hold you, or you will end up on the streets, maybe to die in a gutter. Who cares? Very few, especially not the rich.
The Origins Podcast is so unusual and weird, they actually use facts and reality in their talks!
Also no pseudo-science and right-wing victim complex. Joe Rogan should take notes.
Pfff...reality... it'll never catch on, what have facts ever done for us?!
interesting insightful topics and discussion...its actually refreshing
@@Maynard0504 I'm pretty sure joe doesn't care what you think. He's doing fine. Idk why you would compare these two types of podcasts.
@Dog Ma So are you saying that Chomsky's knowledge of history, rights, politics, etc. with referances to articles by professionals on the subject, is made up? By facts I mean his referances to books and articles, and by reality I mean his recollection and knowledge of history. Could you maybe give some examples on what you don't agree with in this video?
I mean, I don't claim to agree with everything in the video. I'm for example sceptic to what Chomsky said about windows and china. That doesn't mean that he didn't use facts and reality in what he said..
If it seems like Chomsky is talking over Krauss sometimes I think it may be partly an issue of his hearing. Normally he wouldn't do that. I took a class from him last year (it was amazing!) and he really had difficulty hearing some of the questions from the class. Considering he just had his 91st birthday on 12/7 he's doing amazingly well!
I assumed he was just upping his game since one of Krauss's greatest weaknesses as an interviewer is how often he interrupts.
The project is 🏁
The other way around: Krauss asks a question & interrupted Chomsky. Especially annoying near the end.
I've read the Ellsberg book Chomsky references at 1:46 and I highly recommend it. Also, the book by Scott Atran he refers to earlier is called Talking to the Enemy, also an amazing book, Atran went into places like Lebanon and the West Bank and talked to potential terrorists and the communities that support them and what he found was (as Chomsky alluded to) they were primarily motivated not by religion but by the same things that would motivate anyone: that their friends and loved ones had been murdered, maimed, and tortured by the US and US puppet forces. Another excellent book along the same lines is Dying to Win: The Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape from the University of Chicago, very scholarly and dispassionate statistical analysis of terrorism and its causes. Interestingly, Pape's work was primarily supported by the DOD under Bush and Rumsfeld. I wonder what they thought of his results. Although, that's really not all that unusual, the DOD and the CIA often have a good understanding of what is really going on, it's just that those kinds of analysis (e.g., the Pentagon Papers) are meant for internal use not for the general public.
Michael D... you certainly are well read. Thx for the book suggestions.
"History may not repeat itself, but it sure rhymes a lot." --Mark Twain
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy second as a farce (Marx)
Seems like he didn't get the memo while defending and praising Chavez.
And this was way after Chavez was incarcerating judges, political opposition, "kidnappings" and stole private property.
He is as much of a pundit as the next one.
I don't think Mark Twain ever said this but still a great quote.
It's like poetry it rhymes --George Lucas
@@manueltripero He also supported Mao and his mass executions. The guy is an extremist crank to anyone who looks at his record.
Chomsky remains healthy and full of passion. His desire to keep on top of things has not dulled a single bit. Incredible.
Thank you for placing the microphone next to Chomsky's face, you can barely hear the guy in other interviews
Thats also a very good microphone
I think that's by design, because if you could actually hear what he's saying and then play it back years later, you would realize how vacuous and out of touch his ideas are.
@@SteveSmith-fh6br k
@@SteveSmith-fh6br He talked about Trump getting dangerous people pissed off as a mob. Sorry, doesn’t sound out of touch a year later.
@@Wallyworld30 Any dolt could see that was the case since Trump announced he was running for office. Not exactly Nostradamus over there.
Best convo I’ve heard recently. Krauss’s ability to jam with Chomsky is terrific. Just teo smart guys chatting.
One of the better Chomsky interviews in sometime. Often, Chomsky falls back on his standard responses, and in this interview we are gifted with fresh perspectives.
But it doesn't easily fit between two commercial breaks.
Jim Walker I think of them as well, he is asked many of the same questions, which naturally leads to similar responses, especially if you’re a fan of his, sometimes you can get the impression that the same things are being said it’s not necessarily the case, but hey, in some cases, the same answers are relevant
I agree that so many Chomsky videos and audios are poorly miked and lit and distantly framed. This is a pleasure to look at and listen to because the tech side is so well done. To have The Enterprise and Mr. Spock hovering in the background is icing on the cake. Bravo!
I’m so happy this popped up on my TH-cam algorithm. I wish it happened earlier.
yeah wtf! I follow a lot of these type of things and watch BOTH these guys a lot... yet I got no recommendation until now. Fuck you TH-cam... sometimes you know me better than my wife... and sometimes you're a complete stranger.
you are a stooge!
@@halfalligator6518 you are a stooge!
Yes this is the new norm now - The Leftists are in control; so naturally they're getting the Communist message out as soon as possible.
a.k.a. Deprogram and/or silence the Conservatives - - - Sad for our Bill of Rights...
I used to put so many hours into these kinds of discussions, but since i've had such a massive fallout. The internet just appears as so much and with each moment the breadth of it all i have no idea what to put the attention into for developmental or practice sake.
Let curiosity be your guide, not a desire for self development or whatever illusion of progress
Michael Parenti
Great podcast! I'm forever blown away by Noams knowledge. I'll be back!!! Thanks
Thank you Mr. Chomsky! Thank you Mr. Krauss!
Dr. Chomsky and Dr. Knauss
Sooo happy so see and hear Lawrence again! And my beloved Chomsky as well! Wow, I'd say God's heard my prayers if there was one☻ Subscribing and looking forward to more from you🤗 Love ftom Russia x
Thanks!
The fact that this entire podcast exist at this point in space time is amazing!!
There's no other point in space time than this. It's inevitable, but you can still be amazed : every fact is as common and ordinary as a capricious fortuity
You can almost hear Spock think; "this is a good time to be quiet"
I was listening to the podcast while applying for a job. About halfway through I actually watch the video. lol I just got your reference :)
@@nickhumphrey4833 I hope you got the job you were aplying for as well.
@curiosity saved the cat ya... mmhmm... ya... oh it was like a... ya... uh huh... ya... Spock ya... mmhmm...
So bizarre, why is that there!
@@nicolaslarge7545, It's the guy's private office, and he's a science guy, and that is how he chooses to decorate it.
This interview made me realise something, people should keep a very good eye on what is happening. If I have to sum what Chomsky spoke-'Evil is very sneaky and deceptive.'
Noam's mind must be preserved by melding with AGI
Id love to hear Noam respond to this. Because while I don't even know what AGI is, AI does not exist.
Love to hear from him again
You both are among the best human minds! Thank you so much for this great conversation. Awakens human consciousness.
This is literally gold even more then that. 2h+ of knowledge and wisdom in an overall insane,irrational emotional driven world
I first heard the name Norm Chomsky from Leonard Bernstein Norton lecture. I had no clue what at first because for 4 lectures he relied on linguistic discovery to explain the musical phenomena, and the name of Norm Chomsky came up over and over. In his bio, Leonard Bernstein was really happy going back to give lecture at his old school and the lecture really took me off to learn how language and music are related. It was Norm and Lenny that started my interest in both linguistics and music.
So glad this is a new interview and not a re-upload of the old one!
When are you bringing Zizek on? hahaha
Lol, Chomsky said Zizek is incoherent.
Noam is like a statue of intelligence. He sees history like it were a rainbow of shifting patterns, always changing but the same in its essential form. He knits together the nagging of the left with the oppression of the right and the resulting friction. He is calm like the center of a hurricane, throwing out words which make you at once say, "ahh, now I see the truth", and, "holy shit, we've got to do something about this." All the while he looks back at history, he predicts the future without even trying. In other words, some things never change.
Can you pls cite a specific example where he has accurately predicted a future event, in detail, in advance?
This man is the voice of reason. Love hearing him talk. He's so knowledgeable and what an amazing memory he has! We're so lucky to have him.
Let Noam talk! Anytime he was talking it seemed like you were trying to rush him so you could talk or change topics. Let things flow more naturally IMO. I like the really like your pod though and love Noam's views.
Agree. Kraus talks too much about himself. Still, thanks for these discussions.
Thanks for doing these podcast Lawrence. You're doing amazing things for us idiots in the world and I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the world.
Just a quick note to say that the Liberation Theology in Latin America was not acceptable to the official Catholic Church. Pope John Paul 11's tirade against one of the leaders in public attested to the Church's position. The cause of canonization of the nuns who were murdered by CIA backed forces have been ignored by the Church of Rome.
I don't think I have ever seen Chomsky smile or chuckle so much in an interview or talk before.
Thanks Lawrence and Noam for the early Christmas present
I don't like how the interviewer keeps cutting off Noam when he is making a point. Several times I wanted to hear what Noam was trying to say.
its a conversation.. and went the other way more often than not
What is the title of the second book Lawrence mentions at 1:24:40? I couldn’t get it quite right.
EDIT: got it - The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey
zostaw thanks, I needed that too
historyforatheists.com/2017/11/review-catherine-nixey-the-darkening-age/
I always feel cleansed mentally when I listen to Professor Chomsky..........total voice of truth
Noam is hilarious because he points out the insanity in mainstream thinking with matter-of-fact delivery
Many thanks from Finland. Noam has always had my full attention & respect. Choosing to help humanity is absolutely beautiful. Some people are just fundamentally angelic ;) Best wishes!
Srsly when did this interview happen? I need to know under which context this discussion was undertaken. Had the Ukraine thing come out? Had the removal of troops from Northern Syria occurred?
I believe it was about six months ago.
their has never been a more correct statement "I and literally millions of people thank you for what you've done"
Chomsky is so well-spoken if you slow down the speed, he doesn't sound drunk. He just sounds like Chomsky!
(C'mon Noam! Allegro!)
The thing that impresses me the most about Chomsky (and there are many things on that list) is his lack of cynicism. He never seems to despair of people. Even when talking of these same dreary old establishment stances against student protests (and we’re seeing it again right now actually) happen again and again and people still fall for it, he doesn’t get cynical and blame people. Most of us can’t do that. By the time we’re 30 we’ve decided the average person is pond life and just give up on politics. It’s a tremendous quality in a person to never really ‘get old’ in this way.
the Brazilian social media campaign stunned him and yet he thinks nothing of the Russian meddling in our elections. he's also dead wrong on Islamic terror. outside of these two issues I loved everything else he said and found him to be profoundly insightful.
Because as he said the elections are pretty much for sale. Any country can meddle in USA elections by donating money thorugh corporations
Keep reading, you get there....
Amazing Man. Thanks so much for this video
I am, and I think the whole world should be infinitely grateful to Mr Chomsky for his decision to speak out for decades! His POV and commentary has been invaluable and inspirational to millions... I adore him, and thank you and him so much for this...
Yes!! Ive miss hearing your brilliant thoughts. Looking forward to watching every episode you post!
Thanks for all you've done and are still doing Chomsky
also this interview is a gem. ive been trying to pace the incidences of my mindblownness, and its become increasingly hard for things to mindblow me that are not just pure academic lengthly research and "liturgy" (I wish i could understand turing's computational incompleteness paper but one go was definitely not enough.)...the pure candence that mr. chomsky speaks shows his confidence from his younger days, but also the depth and tidiness of his research (for example him reading airplane bombing records). and always have in mind the masses as well...
然后呢。你这段几乎没完整句子的感慨对当今世界有何效用？对中国有何意义？”美”国已成功地通过一套组合拳同化掉了中国人。对策在哪儿？这套简单的组合拳不过就是种族歧视加上其后续的廉价”觉醒”。此间的交换就是拿你所谓的”人权”买你的忠诚；即，仅为了被”美”国当人看，你同意背叛自己的国家，去做”美”国人。也就是这廉价的”觉醒”给了香蕉人其梦寐以求的出路。因此，中国人现在必须成功地向世界广播这笔交换有多肮脏，有多单向，有多背叛真正的人权。中国也必须和”华”人划清界限，尤其要正确地嘲讽和挖苦那些在好莱坞或任何美国电视上露面的”华”人。”美“”国就是拿这些人自圆其说并带路的。它们就是”美”国之音的稍微升级版。中国是有机会打碎””自由世界”的说词和算盘的，但我实在不看好中国人的”讲理”。中国上下的唯一本事就是把我们本来有理的立场，通过自己的”讲理”，硬生变成没理的辩词。这技能令人叹为观止，愤怒至极。
More of this, please.
Questions: Where on the political spectrum would you place Chomsky and Krauss, and have you noticed anything about either of them that would align more with the political right?
My limited exposure to them leaves me with the impression that Chomsky is more dependably leftwing than Krauss...is that accurate?
Yes it’s accurate and they’re both definitely leftist.
Thank you very much for this, definitely made me think about some things in different ways than i otherwise did. And to paraphrase, it’s better to have fought and lost than to have never fought at all
What a great talk. I notice at around 53:00 Noam talks about how people shelter their children from the outside world to protect them from overblown threats. And that we know the threats are overblown because the statistics are lowered on incidents like kidnappings, etc. But wouldn't the fact that children are all protected and sheltered be one of the main factors in bringing those statistics down in the first place? It's kind of like saying that you don't need to take a tetanus vaccine because nobody gets tetanus any more, but then the reason why nobody gets tetanus any more is because everyone takes the tetanus vaccine.
the beard looks great on krauss
Yes, he is less ugly.
the white bit on his lip... not so much
The Epstein money he got too
The sage speaks, and we mortals listen with awe for his deep humanism and clarity. Long live Chomsky and his honesty, intellectualism, and the courage to speak truth.
31:12 also. most computer innovation is taking place on the linux platform today. Open source is the way to go if you want innovation. But that is of course not the goal.
3/4 of the way through, "SHUT THE FUCK UP KRAUS AND LET NOAM SPEAK!!!" Lol
I dig the beard dude. I'm a little disappointed Noam shaved his, it was dope too. Great talk!
Chomsky says the right should be allowed to speak and proved wrong in open debate, but free speech isn’t just to allow the other side to come round to your point of view. Free speech is to allow for the possibility that you, also, may be wrong.
Wow! I loved this.
I am impressed by Dr. Krauss' deference to Prof.Chomsky. Mentor and Protege. As one of the latter, I appreciate this stirring exchange.
1:58:35 It's quite shocking that they're slashing funding to the sciences, historically there's never been a greater ally to facist/crypto-facist military regimes than the sciences.
That's a bit misleading
Yolo Swaggins well now there’s a lot to dissect there. The Nazis loved SOME science. Other sciences, psychology and Nuclear science were dubbed “Jewish science”. Fascists only like technology so far as it advances their power, and sciences that they don’t like are cut and suppressed. Fascism is also inherently anti intellectual, Eco’s Ur-Fascism outlines this better than I can.
Please can anyone help me with the names of the two books they talk about? By Catherine Nixon?
Have my coffee, listening, so nice.
I am getting PTSD from this intro. This video has been the autoplay video that plays itself for about 40 times now. How do I stop it?
Some one put a link of when he talks about Bernie Sanders. If he does.
I am at wow state when i listen to his discourses for many reasons. I am so greatful to see an intellectual speaking of matters and world wide events in mordern ways which help us understand social matters.
"when mythology is inconveniently unadaptable to everyday life"
IS there any discussions on how we can secure access to videos like this, and of course, access to the encompassed schools of thought/dialogue/debates (or is there even worry of the termination of said access?)... the threat being the "powers that be" throttling the Internet (which we know is already happening) and/or generally the censorship of certain online content.
2 astonishing intellectuals. Hypnotically brilliant Podcast...many thanks for posting.
Ahh this channel is way too good! I cant get enough. It may be time to bring Dr. Chomsky back!
Wow! best thing Ive watched in years...
I agree with other comments that this is one of the best interviews with Chomsky for a long time, and Chomsky gets his views across very well here. Lawrence's 'sympathetic slightly critical' interviewing approach brings out the best in Chomsky's style of discourse. He is challenged gently but not shouted down, cut off or interrupted allowing the depth and breadth of his views to emerge as well as their internal consistency and, I would say, logic.
Please have Peter Joseph on your podcast
@Enter the Bragn’ was that some new age sarcasm ? not sure what you're tryin' there
It would be extremely useful. . . In ALL videos of possible historical significance. . . of exactltly when the video was MADE.
Chomsky has an uncanny ability to look at the world objectively. An objective intellectual view is very unsettling to most people's subjective tribalistic view of the world. People accuse Chomsky of disloyalty for not being a blind follower not understanding that an objective view is important for looking out for ones best interests including that of their country.
Bob S yeah those people are idiots
@Will K - Politics/Culture One could easily argue that capitalism has killed many more people. Fascism and colonialism are capitalistic. The capitalistic early industrial revolution was responsible for working people to death. Chomsky points out the problems of all economic and political systems. I have attached a video that most socialists or communists would accuse him of attacking them. Chomsky may save capitalism from its' excesses. People's subjective bond to their ideology causes people to defend critical views which can be used for improvement. All economic systems operate within a political system. The present US trend of the last 40 years of increasing militarism and increasing power to wealthy people and their corporations will result in a backlash that could greatly damage the present system in the US IF it isn't curtailed before it is too late. th-cam.com/video/XkzygezS-Do/w-d-xo.html
Let's remember that Chomsky only APPEARS to be, ' objective ', because he has the great luxury of Hindsight-Hindsight which those whom he criticizes did NOT have at the time!
@@mck1972They could have foreseen both outcomes & the moral implications though. He’s being objective all the same and not trying to change facts to fit a fake narrative. Plus he’s been consistent all the way through. Your ONLY rider is weak and dismissive: for shame.
@christopherhamilton3621
LOL Unless you can show that Chomsky actually, ' foresaw ', anything himself-BEFORE it happened, then what you mistakenly call Chomsky's, ' objectivity ', and, ' consistency ', is in reality just his own worthless exploitation of 20/20 Hindsight about fields that he has never had the guts to actually work in himself-Which is everything outside Linguistics!
And so it is You Yourself that is, ' weak ', and, ' shamed ', here, for not facing up to how my, ' narrative ', is 100% accurate! 😂😂😂
Chomsky references an article about how Trump controls the Republican Party in the New York Times at 42:52. Could someone link the article? I can't seem to find it. Thanks in advance.
1st time in 10 years i don't have to raise the volume for Chomsky
What book does Krauss mention when going over the close calls with nuclear annihilation? Didn’t catch it.
I think it was "The Doomsday Machine"
Mr. Spock (behind you): "Live long, and prosper" Noam Chomsky.
We need to gain as much knowledge from Noam while he's still available. No single human has affected my politics to a greater degree.
Noam made some incredibly insightful predictions here.
Happy 2021~!
This makes me so sad. When we grew up all of us would leave every morning and hike and bike with no phones, our mom’s trusted us to come home when the streetlights came on.
These wise men are talking with great humility and truths. They are the truest human beings. It makes me want to cry just to witness their existence.
It's good to hear some concrete details of our sorted past. Helps us stay grounded.
As a brazilian I gotta say Chomsky talking about Lula made me believe he's really out of touch about recent brazilian history. Lula is one of the shadiest characters in our history. He's involved in the biggest corruption scandal this country has ever seen and no he wasn't wrongfully accused for god's sake. Bolsonaro is not a good president or even a good person but compared to Lula's corruption history he's still lagging behind a bit (though he might be able to reach him if he keeps on the way he's going). And that talk about the elite not liking Lula because he wasn't too well educated oh gimme a break please. This is really sad to hear from someone like Chomsky. He talks as if the elite was just this single group of people with the same way of thinking and no disagreement whatsoever. The elite loved Lula, or at least the part of the elite he favored during his mandate. There's a simple, primal rule here in our country: Don't ever idolize politicians.
I agree. He sent troops to Haiti to be used as enforcers under Canadian command and did awful to the Haitian people. He promoted the biofuels racket too.
Chomsky is the most important thinker of the 20th century and the first 20 years of the 21st. He is growing old but his mind is still sharper than most people in their 20s. He's absolutely correct about almost every subject and has an encyclopedic brain. He introduced me to Socialism and Anarchy at a young age and has read almost everything he has written. He should be the president but he is a leader, not a politician. The two are almost mutually exclusive. When he passes I will be very sad and lost.
I share the same sentiments with you. Chomsky can only be preserved by sharing his thoughts and works with the rest of the population. It amazes me that this video has very few views in comparison to the nonsense that plagues TH-cam.
The Vietnam War came into my life and I’m 72 now through The on the scene reporters that were there with our boys in Vietnam filming what was actually happening in full color with commentary from the reporter and I remember distinctly that there came a point where there weren’t any major news entities showing the horror as it happened we didn’t have smell a vision van but we wanted it and then all of a sudden there’s no more live news in color broadcasting from Vietnam as soon as the American public didn’t see what was really happening everything could be hidden from American opinion and politicized and continued killing our boys and girls on both sides of the issue in Vietnam my draft number was 86
19:00 this is really what americans can't realize
Any one know when this was recorded?
Is there anything that Noam Chomsky has not read and imbibed intellectually? A unique blend of knowledge and wisdom that is unsurpassed in my estimation.
Knowledge is not the same as wisdom:
If Chomsky, ' reads and imbibes ', last season's pro football stats, then does that make Chomsky qualified to play or coach for an NFL team?
See how ridiculous that reasoning is? 😂
what a great guest and discussion. Subscribed
As R. Buckminister Fuller would say: "The Out Law area!"
I’m so glad he does these podcasts..he’s so important💕
1:05:57 ... when the camera cuts to him, it looks like Krauss is grinding his teeth over this criticism of Israel. Careful what you say!
Bullshit.