From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:29 AM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: RE: Re: My own life and ways are so idiosyncratic that I doubt that could mean anything to anyone else. I've never had any problem staying busy. Rather, the opposite. Can't get to the thousand things I want to devote thought and effort to. I have friends who, as they got older, lost ambition and interests. It's very sad, and you can see the effects. But that's one problem I haven't faced. I've always been pretty much a loner — in work, in ideas, in social life. Apart from just acquaintances, have very few friends. Some I almost never see. Just gave a memorial lecture for an old friend, an Israeli logician. We were quite close, and met four or five times over 25 years, after the first few years when we lived and worked close by. On pitfalls. Not enough insight even to take a stab at it. From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 6:56 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: Re: how important do you think it is to stay busy? were true friends hard to come by or keep? as a human naturist . what are the major pitfalls that you think i should beware of? On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Noam Chomsky wrote: A very telling image. Exactly what it's like. From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 6:51 PM EFTA_R1_00116369 EFTA01789659