Noam Chomsky’s Theory of the Good Life

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Attention is working in really unusual ways this election cycle. Graham Platner, a political unknown a year ago, ended up dominating his Senate primary against Maine’s sitting governor – even as his campaign was rocked by a series of scandals. James Talarico also seemed to come o ...  Show more

OK, so we're finally getting around to taking a chunk out of the prodigious, prolific, and venerable Noam Chomsky. Linguist, cognitive scientist, media theorist, political activist and cultural commentator, Chomsky is a doyen of the Real Left™. By which we mean, of course, those ...  Show more

Today it’s great to have the legendary Noam Chomsky on the podcast. Noam is a public intellectual, linguist, and political activist. He’s the author of many influential books, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and his latest book with Rober ...  Show more

Today it’s great to have the legendary Noam Chomsky on the podcast. Noam is a public intellectual, linguist, and political activist. He’s the author of many influential books, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and his latest book with Rober ...  Show more

In this episode, I present--and criticize--Chomsky's views on French Intellectuals. Links to Chomsky's interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772WncdxCSw&ab_channel=PhilosophyInsights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3cm0OCA4So&t=549s&ab_channel=Chomsky%27sPhilosophy https:/ ...  Show more