
It can be easy to think that all the good ideas have already been thought; after all, philosophy have been going on for more than 2500 years. But that isn’t true! There are still some genius philosophers out there, of course. Here, we give you ten living people with ideas worth learning about.
Noam Chomsky
One of the most cited philosophers of the modern age, Chomsky has written extensively on linguistics, cognitive science, politics, and history. His work has had an effect on everything from developmental psychology to the debates between rationalism and empiricism, and led to a decline of support for behaviorism. He remains an active social critic and public intellectual, including here on Big Think.

Noam Chomsky’s Trick for Avoiding Political Letdown: Low Expectations
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Noam Chomsky’s Trick for Avoiding Political Letdown: Low Expectations
Noam Chomsky
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously”
Slavoj Zizek
Zizek is a modern Marxist who has commented extensively on culture, society, theology, psychology, and our tendency to view the world through the lens of “Ideology”. He has devoted a great deal of time to updating the idea of Dialectic Materialism. He is also a frequent Big Think contributor.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting?
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“Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.”
Cornel West
Cornel is an American philosopher who focuses on politics, religion, race, and ethics. Hardly shy for the camera, West is often seen on television talk shows and even had a cameo in the Matrix films. His work has expanded on the ideas of W.E.B. Du Bois on more than one occasion, and continues to focus on the issues of being an “Other” in modern society. His Big Think videos can be found here.

Cornel West: Hope Is an Action We Can All Take
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“The Enlightenment worldview held by Bu Bois is ultimately inadequate, and, in many ways, antiquated, for our time.”
Martha Nussbaum
An American philosopher at the University of Chicago, Martha has written about subjects as diverse as…
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