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VideoJune 4, 2017

Climate change and President Donald Trump - Noam Chomsky

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    On March 23 this year, American linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky came to the Center for International Students here at MIT to deliver a lecture on climate change. 
    In the video, he explores the complex climate change issues of our time, discusses the role of Donald Trump and attempts to answer the question, is it better to be smart than stupid?

    by ClimateX Team
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