Politics and Language | Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it as an easy-to-grasp introduction to Chomsky's ideas on universal grammar and the language faculty.
What it is
Noam Chomsky gives a Talks at Google lecture covering his work on politics and language. It touches on his linguistic theory, including universal grammar, alongside his political criticism.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2008 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Recommends wheels · 2008-06 · on “Spoken language affects thought as programming languages affect algorithms?”
Pinker seems to be on the other end of the academic spectrum from the SWH. For those who don't know linguistics, Chomsky was the driving force in modern linguistics. Last week I stumbled across this video, the first 15 minutes or so of such are a pretty good, easy to grasp intro to his ideas on universal grammar and the language faculty: [this video]
Cites espeed · 2011-02 · on “A rare look into North Korea's famed Propaganda School”
Noam Chomsky @ Harvard - Propaganda and Control of The Public Mind [LINK] And here is his recent talk at Google... Google Talk: [this video]
Cites uRreading2slow · 2018-08 · on “Google's censored Chinese search engine: a catalogue of ethical violations?”
> Maybe we should be, though? [..] Great. I'm not sure that should top your list of injustices, though. It doesn't top mine, because it's not one thats happening in my back yard. So do you think we should care, or shouldn't we? If your point ultimately is no, we should not care, then why not be honest and say "but we shouldn't care, and here's why". And how can you claim "nobody" cares? Are you sure there aren't people in many countries who wish companies wouldn't just deal with their butcherers, but give the oppressed a voice? If you don't care, just say it. It's not about where it happens, it's about whether my "friends" are involved in it. If Google didn't use this site as a PR platform,