“Imagining the Future – if there is one!” by Prof. Noam Chomsky

This is part of Webinar 4 of the “Re-imagining Quality of Life Post-COVID”, planned by Dr S A Hamed Hosseini and his team (University of Newcastle, Australia), and chaired by Dr Michelle Maloney, director of NENA (community partner), and Dr S A Hamed Hosseini, was held on 10 September 2021.
From June to October 2021, The Alternative Futures Research Hub (AFRHub), the University of Newcastle’s first community partnered research hub (in partnership with NENA), has been organising a monthly online webinar series that brings together activists, intellectuals and academics from a diverse range of perspectives and experiences to present and discuss their alternative visions about the Quality of Life.



S.A. Hamed Hosseini, PhD in Sociology and Global Studies from the Australian National University (ANU, 2006), is a tenure Senior Lecturer in Sociology, in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries, and Social Sciences, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle (UON), NSW, Australia.

[edkrstic]

This man is a treasure trove of relevant information. He speaks about facts whether you agree or not.
I’m always amazed by his memory. Our future is in perilous time.

[marsdengriswold]

I listen to Noam Chomsky as a sensible thoughtful scientist. His seniority is his intellect and it is transcendent of any particular area of study!

[bennyrodriguez]

I don’t want to live in a world without Noam Chomsky.

[AudioPervert]

Amazing at 91 Years. Kudos To Saint Chomsky.
Yet, there's always a future (the arrow of time) - even if it's without human domination and control.

[johndonnelly]

What a beautiful mind, thank you Noam.

[chansowping]

Great leading thinker, not sleeping on the job

[erikolsen]

Chomsky seems knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff

[Gary-sxox]

I’ve followed Noam since the early 70’s. He is known to ‘frame’ and exaggerate his arguments in order to better make his point. All anyone has to do is look at all of his predictions over the last fifty years, as I have, and see that his predictions vs. factual results are inaccurate. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed listening to Noam since ‘71. I have a lot of respect for his passion. People don’t realize that Noam was a very powerful voice in helping all of us in the 70’s to protest the end of the Vietnam war. Helping end a useless war that killed twenty eight thousand Americans was one of Noam’s biggest accomplishments.

[Thesm]

He has witnessed the Republican Party descend into madness. He summed up the state of the party thus, the party are not only not on the same planet, they are not even in the same universe.
His legacy has inspired several generations to organise activism to save our planet and democracy.

[basfinnis]

Wonderful chap. We need more like this man.

[RobinByron]

Thanks for sharing this, Common Alternatives.

[jeffmarcuse]

Creating a new future was so simple in so many ways. But the narcs...

[arupgoswami]

Shall I, can I internalize what I hear from Noam Chomsky? - is my constant self-question .

[nikkivieler]

Of course there is one, but it needs to be fought for and it won't be easy...

[TheDoomWizard]

Wow just amazing. I hear 👂 everything he says.

[popeyedoyle]

You gotta think if its necessary to have shoes at this point?

[richdiana]

Is a younger photo of Noam considered click bait?

[russtaylor]

I wonder if the survivors will enact some of Chomsky's wisdom...?

[interstellarphred]

The volume level between Noam and the other speaker is too muxh

[theodoreroberts]

You see a future? I see the world degenerating into chaos. Let's hope you're right and not me.