The concern over global warming has now reached a stage that even the Pentagon is producing studies about the severe threat of global warming within the next twenty or thirty years. One serious prediction is that there could be a fairly sudden shift in the Gulf Stream, which would turn northern Europe into Labrador and Greenland, and might turn large parts of the United States into desert. Rising sea levels could wipe out Bangladesh and kill who knows how many people. The most arable lands in Pakistan may become like the Sahara. The effects of all of this are indescribable. Are we doing anything about it? No. We don’t care. Meaning planners don’t care. it’s not part of their framework. If ou’re a corporate manager, you don’t care about what’s going to happen ten years from now. You have to make sure you get your big bonus and stock options next year, not ten years from now. That’s somebody else’s department. This fanatic ideology is built into the institutional structure. You can’t even blame individuals….It’s like what Hannah Arendt said about Adolf Eichmann. You do your job. Other considerations aren’t part of your domain.
The concern over global warming has now reached a stage that even the Pentagon is producing studies a…
Noam Chomsky (born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and an Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, and particularly international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Chomsky has been a writer for Z projects since their earliest inception, and is a tireless supporter of our operations.