Speaker 1: In the whirlwind of the past few days, Noam Chomsky's
Speaker 1: name has hovered over the intellectual landscape like a storm
Speaker 1: cloud of rumor, reverence, and a touch of droux. According
Speaker 1: to AOL and Time reports, the ninety five year old
Speaker 1: Titan of linguistics and social critique remains out of public view,
Speaker 1: his absence a sharp contrast to his usual engagement with
Speaker 1: global affairs. Over the weekend, social media erupted with tributes, remembrances,
Speaker 1: and speculation about his declining health, a wave triggered after
Speaker 1: media lens in the UK spotlighted his long silence, especially
Speaker 1: about recent world crisis. Former assistant Bev Stole, who has
Speaker 1: become the closest thing to an official liaison, told Reddit
Speaker 1: audiences this spring that Chomsky's health had not improved since
Speaker 1: a serious medical episode in June of last year. She
Speaker 1: confided that he's not communicating much, if at all, is
Speaker 1: no longer ambulatory, and is unlikely to return to the
Speaker 1: public domain, though she assured anxious followers that he is
Speaker 1: not in pain and is not suffering, simply withdrawn and
Speaker 1: being diligently shielded by a very private family. Chomsky's once
Speaker 1: prodigious workflow, books, interviews, lectures, and those mythic email replies
Speaker 1: to everyone from high schoolers to world leaders has for
Speaker 1: now ground to a halt. The outpouring of affection has
Speaker 1: been remarkable, with left leaning intellectuals and famous mentees posting
Speaker 1: eulogicist reflections online, even as some critics have weaponized the
Speaker 1: moment to revisit his most controversial positions and personal associations.
Speaker 1: Nathan Robinson, a friend and co author of Chomsky's upcoming book,
Speaker 1: The Myth of American Idealism Coast, heartfelt praise for Chomsky's
Speaker 1: generosity and degalitarian spirit, while others, like Australian activist Drew Pavlu,
Speaker 1: reignited debate about his late stage positions and associations. As
Speaker 1: for business activities or fresh writing, there are none publicly
Speaker 1: known since last summer. Talk continues about his mysterious net worth,
Speaker 1: recently dissected by Infrasound Festival New Zone, which emphasized that
Speaker 1: Chomsky's financial profile is opaque and mostly to stuff of conjecture.
Speaker 1: His wealth, accumulated from reams of best selling books and
Speaker 1: lecture circuits, is said to matter less than his legacy,
Speaker 1: a point endlessly echoed in those social posts and analysises
Speaker 1: is popping up across threads in Twitter. The Internet keeps buzzing,
Speaker 1: not with fresh Chomsky commentary, but with the realization that
Speaker 1: his intellectual contributions eclipse any attempt to quantify his fortune.
Speaker 1: Even in this period of withdrawal, Chomsky is inescapable nims
Speaker 1: circulate quoting his long standing denouncement of political violence, as
Speaker 1: seen in a recent viral YouTube discussion of his opposition
Speaker 1: to violence in protest movements and the enduring relevance of
Speaker 1: his pacifist's stance. Thread's users continue to invoke his theorizing spirit,
Speaker 1: though it's clear this is legacy, not live stream. For now,
Speaker 1: there have been no surprise public appearances, business maneuvers, or
Speaker 1: new writings from the man himself, only in extraordinary public
Speaker 1: meditation on what a world without nom Chomsky might feel like.
Speaker 1: It's a peculiar pause for a figure who spent a
Speaker 1: lifetime refusing to go quietly. I want to thank you
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