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Thursday, December 19, 2019

AS TIME PASSES

I met Noam Chomsky more than sixty years ago when he came to Harvard to take up a Junior Fellowship.  Although I think I have not seen him in person in almost half a century, I have seen pictures or videos or TV appearances, and lately I have watched some of his many YouTube appearances.  He was always the same man, older as the years went on, but otherwise unchanged.  Yesterday I came across this quite recent interview on YouTube, and was astonished to discover that he now has a full white rabbinical beard and something of a pot.  I suddenly felt quite old.

5 comments:

Jerry Fresia said...

Indeed. I have noticed the same. Saying he has a "pot" is being kind. You know, I would assume, that he now teaches in Arizona. And he's 91. You're just a kid!

Robert Paul Wolff said...

I try to emulate my elders.

Anonymous said...

Another recent video with a bearded Chomsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeWWz4y1coU

jgkess@cfl.rr.com said...

After reading that Chomsky answered every e-mail and that he liked gin and tonics, I sent the Master the following, just on a whim: "I have toasted your works with a gin and tonic every evening for a while, but given the times, I find myself toasting you at lunch and sometimes in the morning too." His response (within the day): "Good for the gin industry. Yes, these are trying times. There is much to be done." I assume he meant more drinking.

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