Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
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