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58 Seconds of a Giant’s Good-Humored Humility

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Noam Chomsky 2011

Not sure who’s done more in our lifetime for every kind of human freedom—So what does Noam Chomsky think he knows?

Always wondered how NC would put his answer to The Question—

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

—but felt sure it would go to say this!

What we don’t know about anything can be overwhelming. But his humor seems to say the universe has a laugh of relief in store for anybody who really works on their learning—forget about it, kid, no one can know much, but try again soon!

In grad school Orals I had to choose & discuss 200 “crucial” books. Problem was, just to choose them meant reading the library! Forget about it.

It’s all in the trying. Long live this exemplary man—

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93W8II_R75Y&list=FLgztj7b9tQgYyiX7FBvj6FA&index=2&t=0s&fbclid=IwAR0Gf1VDzoq1CpjQiKFbOS0jxZo7o9o1dlFvSAhs6TWIqi9Ruxp7ldf761k


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