Chomsky is a great example of what happens when you take contrarianism to "the left" extreme. Another, oddly parallel example from "the right" might be Thiel.

Chomsky is a great example of what happens when you take contrarianism to "the left" extreme. Another, oddly parallel example from "the right" might be Thiel. Both exemplars prove to me that as attractive as straight contrarianism is, it has inevitable dead ends.