“The intellectuals, roughly speaking, have been complicit in failure to define the excesses of the left.”— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com
“I am an enormous optimist for my species; but it will require the elites, from London to Harvard, from Cambridge to Hollywood, to learn the lessons of the past year. To learn above all a measure of humility.”— Stephen Hawking, theguardian.com
“The world is too complex for history to repeat, but there are nevertheless lessons to keep in mind. There is no shortage of tasks for those who choose the vocation of critical intellectuals, whatever their station in life. They can seek to sweep away the mists of carefully contrived illusion and rev…”— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info