People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction.
Noam ChomskyTechnology is usually fairly neutral. Itโs like a hammer, which can be used to build a house or to destroy someoneโs home. The hammer doesnโt care. It is almost always up to us to determine whether the technology is good or bad.
Noam ChomskyAs for geoengineering, there have been serious general critiques that I think cannot be ignored, like Clive Hamilton's, along with many positive assessments. It is not a matter for subjective judgment based on guesswork and intuition. Rather, these are matters that have to be considered seriously, relying on the best scientific understanding available, without abandoning sensible precautionary principles.
Noam ChomskyMy intellectual achievement was retarded when I went to high school. I sort of sank into a black hole because I had to go to the high-achieving, academic public high school.
Noam ChomskyMichael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test is ill-advised, they shouldn't have done it. But it's not in violation of international law or international agreements. They shouldn't have done it. His reaction suggested maybe we're going to go to war in retaliation.
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