thefuturenow Posted December 20, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/opinion/fish-scholarship-and-politics-the-case-of-noam-chomsky.html?src=recg Chomsky lectures at Columbia as "thought of the highest order performed by a thinker, now 85 years old, who by and large eschewed rhetorical flourishes (he has called his own speaking style “boring” and says he likes it that way) and just did it, where ‘it” was the patient exploration of deep issues that had been explored before him by a succession of predecessors, fully acknowledged, in a conversation that is forever being continued and forever being replenished." Most of his stuff is available at: http://www.chomsky.info/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 20, 2013 When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it would be someone posting that he had died But glad to see that's not the case... I hope his Dewey lectures at Columbia are made available online soon, sounds really interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefuturenow Posted December 20, 2013 I hope we don't lose this honest scholar. He exemplifies the scholar's position in this world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khayr Posted December 20, 2013 Is he still alive? He is a very boring lecturer but says some good things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawdian Posted December 20, 2013 The dead dude is ether Morgan freeman/Mandela according to what I'm hearing . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites