Theme for February 5 - Discover your inner Chomsky!
Feb 3rd, 2009 by sinisav
Hi everyone,
The theme of this Thursday’s meeting is
Discover your inner Chomsky! Let’s challenge the experts!
Aren’t you sometimes tired of all the people who parade on TV or in the newspapers as “experts”, continuously repeating the official truth that follows the corporate and government line? CNN inviting retired generals to provide “objective” analysis of wars in which their former employer is engaged? How about all the real estate experts projecting real estate prices that forever rise and conditions for buying being great right now for years in a row (and accidentally being in the real estate selling business themselves)?
The role of expert has been challenged and satirized many times. The writings of Noam Chomsky and John Ralston Saul come to mind.
For the next meeting, please send me an intro:
What is your “favourite” myth currently being presented as the truth in the media? It can be anything: consumer products, international relations, real estate markets, sports, gender relations, education… Let me know your pet peeves and why you they irritate you so…
Cheers,
Sinisa
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