A Liveable Future is Possible is another illuminating collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, which he shares his insights on the pressing challenges facing humanity. In this volume, he addresses artificial intelligence and the potential for such programs to surpass humans in cognitive awareness; what lies ahead for a world engulfed in a deadly climate crisis; the rise of neo-fascism internationally, and why we should organize across borders to confront it and the striking similarities between Trump and Biden’s foreign policies. The interviews in this volume are a sequel to the collection of interviews that appeared in Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time and which was published in 2020 by Haymarket Books. They extend and update discussions on some of the most pressing world problems, such as the climate crisis, the consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the rising nuclear risk, while exploring at the same time the features of the emerging new world order and looking at the dangerous new hot zones around the globe. The fascist threat in the United States and Biden’s foreign policy add to concerns both about the future of whatever is left of American democracy and that of the world at large.
A Liveable Future is Possible
Coauthored by NOAM CHOMSKY and C.J. POLYCHRONIOU
Penguin (First published, 2024)
viii + 276 pages including Index
RM72.00
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Preface
1. Just Transition Can Stop Earth from Becoming Uninhabitable
2. On the State of the World
3. Artifi cial Intelligence: Myth, Reality, and Future
4. Is a Liveable Future Still Possible?
5. A Stronger NATO Is the Last Th ing We Need as RussiaUkraine War Turns One
6. Right-Wing Insurrection in Brazil Held Strong Echoes of January
7. Another World Is Possible. Let’s Bring It to Reality.
8. Advanced US Weaponry in Ukraine Is Sustaining Battlefield Stalemate
9. “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism”
10. US Sanctions on Iran Don’t Support the Protests, They Deepen Suffering
11. Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia’s War on Ukraine Escalates
12. Midterms Could Determine Whether US Joins Ominous Global Fascist Wave
13. Pushing a Viable Climate Project around COP27
14. Twenty Years aft er Iraq War Vote, US Continues to Flout International Law
15. Brazil’s Runoff Election Will Have Enormous Eff ects on the Global Climate Crisis
16. US Must Join Global Call for Negotiations as Russia Escalates Actions
17. The US and Israel Are Standing in the Way of an Iran Nuclear Agreement
18. The War in Ukraine Has Entered a New Phase
19. Humanity’s Fate Isn’t Sealed—If We Act Now
20. Maintaining Class Inequality at Any Cost Is GOP’s Guiding Mission
21. Six Months into War, Diplomatic Settlement in Ukraine Is Still Possible
22. Twenty-First-Century US Foreign Policy Is Shaped by Fears of China’s Rise
23. US Government’s Nonresponse to Climate Crisis Has Historical Precedent
24. Biden’s Middle East Trip Contains Echoes of Trump’s Policies
25. Humanity Faces Two Existential Th reats. One Is Nearly Ignored.
26. The “Historic” NATO Summit in Madrid Shored Up US Militarism
Index
| Weight | 0.21 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.6 × 12.7 × 1.7 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
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| Year Published | 2024 |
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