Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic, and activist. He was born on December 7th, 1928. He has written on war, politics, and mass media, and he has written over 100 books. From this you can see he is a very active person. In lesson we look at some of quotes and talked about him. These are the quotes that I liked and I’ll explain what they mean to me.
“If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them”
I agree with this quote hugely. There are too many people who sit and watch the world go by and don’t say anything. I think it’s quite strong to say argue with them, however in some cases it is needed. There are so many things in life which go past and no one says anything. I think a great example of people doing what Chomsky says is Penn, from Penn and Teller, in this video, if you watch this you’ll see that he does this well.
He is very opinionated but we need more people like this.
“If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you don’t have time to read 10 newspapers a day and go back to declassified government archives. But such people may have far-reaching insights into the way the world works”
I enjoyed this post and the video. I wonder if you have made enough inquiry into this though?
ReplyDeleteRemember it was suggested that the figures reported over the X Factor/general election seems to have been somewhat embellished by the press at the time.
What are the factors that seem to have turned the UK's public off to politics to such an extent? Or is this even the case? Weren't the voting figures for the last general election actually quite high?
Also, I would be interested in seeing some evidence/research that might qualify Chomsky's point about those working 50 hours a week. I too suspect it might be true to an extent but how can we evidence this?