Industrial Worker (IWW Newspaper) interviews Noam Chomsky (3/4)

The editor of the Industrial Worker, Diane Krauthamer, spoke to Noam Chomsky at his MIT office in Cambridge, MA, on October 9th, 2009.

The Industrial Worker is the official newspaper of the IWW (the Industrial Workers of the World), a radical union.

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[catgumart]

I'll have to look up these books.I think its important to read as much as possible.I'm really a horrible, terrible reader.Reading along with audio books helps me a little.I wish I had a teacher I could access & just ask questions to as I read because I get lost in the text and have to re-read over & over again & often times still don't retain, I'm trudging through Moby Dick right now.Hopefully my reading skills improve, maybe there could be more reading groups where people read aloud together.

[mrtyles]

"just get organized and tell people the truth. there aren't any magic tricks to it." brilliant.

[mobilechief]

How can you? Speak everywhere stand strong and do not ever let anyone stop you!

[catgumart]

@Tyrfingr

I hope we can create a society where we come up with new more effective, creative learning methods, tools & resources & they are made accessible to all-& that learning & knowledge acquisition is encouraged more than status & material gain- & that people have more time to cultivate their intellectual potential for the betterment of society.

[catgumart]

@Tyrfingr

Day to day activities,errand,chores & interactions are draining,painful,confusing & energy depleting-as well as all the stuff floating in my mind concerning family,society-then there's so much knowledge.I try to learn new things every day -for years I even began keeping a diary of new things I have learned-new words, names of artists,intellectuals, movements,philosophies.If I were on a hundred mile run id probably be at the 5 mile mark- also I like to exercise & practice music.

[catgumart]

@Tyrfingr

Reading out loud with people less ignorant than me who I can ask questions to---and provide some meaningful context to the activity of reading--when I just open a book it is like diving in at any point in the sea of information at any arbitrary point--I've experienced many intellectuals who are very impatient when you ask questions that to them seem stupid--makes people afraid to ask questions or even attempt to talk about anything-but that is how you learn-person to person--

[catgumart]

@Tyrfingr

No I don't think it is dyslexia--I think I have a lot on my mind--& have a hard time focusing being pulled in so many directions-there is a lot to learn--also I grew up in a TV era & never learned to read well when the those brain cells were really durable--I have a hard time focusing & retaining info--plus I'm learning bit by bit like a jigsaw puzzle--a few pieces here and there-reading out loud helps-I'd like to live somewhere where I can read out loud for hours & not bother anyone-

[Tyrfingr]

@catgumart Dyslexia ?

[vulcan1981]

Chomskys laugh is brilliant.

[freud1939]

Actually Marly, I did not comment out of context. I quoted Chomsky verbatim and clearly, explicitly [bracketed] my own interpretation of Chomsky. Imskin understood my interpretation, and responded to me very helpfully. I then pointed out that his response does not seem to rule out my interpretation. My interpretation may be wrong -- I readily admit that I am not at all knowledgeable about this subject -- but the source of my error has not been pointed out so far.

[Marly61]

fraud1939

You commented totally out of context regarding Noam and Obama changing the meanging so you lied terribly