Conversations with Tyler is produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. For a full transcript of every conversation enhanced with helpful links, visit conversationswithtiler.com. Today I'm chatting with Nome Chomsky who needs no introduction. If I think of your thought and I compare it to the thought of Wilhelm von Humboldt, what's the common ontological element that leads you to more or less agree on both language and liberty?
Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks Stephen Wolfram gets wrong about LLMs, whether he’s optimistic about the future, what he thinks of Thomas Schelling, the legacy of the 1960s-era left libertarians, the development trajectories of Nicaragua and Cuba, why he still answers every email, what he’s been most wrong about, and more.
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Recorded February 27th, 2023
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