Advanced technology makes a dual contribution. On the one hand, it provides the antipersonnel weapons, electronic battlefield, automated fire-control systems, and the like, all designed for wars against the weak. It also provides an intellectual framework to protect the decision maker from any realization of what he is in fact doing and to deflect the attention of the public?an important matter, since most people are not gangsters by nature and tend to be unhappy about murder and destruction. It is difficult to plot aggression ?under the klieg lights of a democracy.? How much more convenient it is merely to face technical problems, as neutral in an ethical sense as those of physics.
Advanced technology makes a dual contribution. On the one hand, it provides the antipersonnel weapon…
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.