Noam Chomsky: God, Morality, & Consciousness

Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.

0:00 Introduction
0:32 Chomsky's views on consciousness and free will (and marijuana)
6:04 Views on "God" (do you believe in it? how do you define it?)
8:02 Chomsky's views on Moral Relativism vs Objectivism
9:55 Views on mythology, and religious upbringing
13:30 Personal story on Chomsky's childhood (religion is based on the assumption that "God is an idiot")
17:53 True Christianity is pacifism and the US squelched Liberation Theology
22:12 The most important activism is the liberation of the poor
24:02 Where does Neoliberalism come from and what's it maintained by?
30:40 Having a job is placing yourself under the control of an autocrat, worse than Stalin
36:48 What can be done to make education more democratic?
39:32 The Neoliberal "crisis"
42:20 Do schools run counter to our evolutionary "learning instinct"?
49:00 What's wrong with Illich's "de-schooling"?
52:15 Why not allow multiple competing school systems?
54:52 The problems with Charter Schools
57:36 Is there such a thing as too much openness / diversity / equality? (thoughts on Black Lives Matter)
1:00:28 Chomsky was afraid of being imprisoned. Why didn't it happen?
1:01:38 The war crimes of Trump

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[MosesRabuka]

"Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent every year to control the public mind." ~ Noam Chomsky

[mariamkarjiker]

Noam Chomsky is a treasure and a gift to mankind. He is immensely humble and generous with his great intellect. There is no intellectual to match the breadth of his understanding in the world we live in at present. What is very valuable is how he can explain difficult concepts in a way where most people will be able to understand them. God bless this great mind💗💖💟😊😺

[alejandroangeles]

Noam finally looks like Plato. It's just make sense.

[davecampbell]

Really frightening to see the voice of reason growing old.

[AudioPervert]

It's simply amazing that Chomsky at 91, is still reaching out and is accessible to the youth. The most influential intellectual alive in the western hemisphere, is still a icon of resistance, hope and truth for all (EWNS hemispheres)

[asmahamidullah]

I have followed him for over 4 decades. May the Creator bless you. You have remained honest and true to yourself!
🤲🏽❤🤲🏽🎊

[drbqqq]

I'm guessing the answer to the opening riddle is: "go out for a walk".

[krzheph]

I was in awe as he effortlessly batted away questions on " God" as empty words and unanswerable as the definitions have never been elucidated . A strange interview - I got the mental picture of a couple of scrappy dogs barking around a majestic but aging Lion who casually walked on.

[hohaia]

Chomsky is trying his hardest to respect these guys and their weird questions.

[brentwinfield]

I appreciate these young folks reaching out to Noam. I appreciate Noam for his patience in regards to the questions. As a long time follower of NC you must have patience to ingest, digest and understand the truth and brilliance of Noam. And then you have to listen again. Then you get.

[derekeuale]

Peter, it's amazing that you got to speak to this man and he didn't berate you. He calmly answered what he thought would be interesting to your viewers and almost completely avoided your questions which I appreciate greatly. He is an incredible man.

[michaelnurse]

This guy is so smart and knowledgeable. Sometimes, it's possible to believe that everyone is relatively close to each other, in terms of intellect. Then you listen to a genuine genius and you know that there is a stark difference between the average and the extreme. But it's not just about being smart, being moral is more substantial. Being smart and moral is best...

[haya]

thank you for the nice diverse interview, lots of topics were discussed in this one hour.
will you make another interview with him?
if so, as you are asking him casually, (I felt after all he talks with us as his children or grand children who always ask for his advice) how does he look at himself? how does he puts his ego on check ? considering that he is one of the best intellectuals on earth, yet he is so considerate and humble. how could he achieve this level ? is he proud of himself, in terms of feeling superior may be, because of what he achieves?
please ask him if you can, thanx

[andydonnelly]

I could listen to Noam for hours and not feel time passing at all, a wise man indeed.❤

[cherd]

Curt's thinking face (furled brow) makes him look perpetually pissed off.

[dlamotte]

vidéo name of Noam Chomsky is barzeev -> Bar-Zeev, meaning "Ze'ev's son", is a form of the Hebrew Ze'ev, which means "wolf", the 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Benjamin (Genesis 49.27). Bar is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew Ben ("son"). so
the son of the wolf

[hxd]

To judge an interview it comes mainly back to what you new info. you got from it at the end and I got alot out of it and many like me did as well and that's a sign of a great interview, keep it up guys!.

[ally]

Noam Chomsky has earned the right to say..."I told you so".

[zenarcade]

Glad to see Noam still going strong in his '90s!

[stephenwallace]

This man is such a good and generous person, off-the-scale industrious as far as individual workload goes.

I believe he stands apart from the world of public intellectuals because what he is most interested in is talking with as many folks as possible as long as they, like him, are seekers of truth. It's unbelievable how much he's done with his time on planet Earth. Irreplaceable.

But he and, now, with the death of David Graeber, I have gone back to finish my degree...He is very easy to reach and it's amazing how alive he is at 92 years old.