Albert Einstein Award the United States" by "The New York Times". Some considered it as "the prestigious equivalent of a Nobel Prize". Albert Einstein Award This award should not be confused with many others named after the famous physicist, such as the Albert Einstein World Award of Science given by the World Cultural Council (since 1984), the Albert Einstein Medal given by the Albert Einstein Society (since 1979), nor with the Hans Albert Einstein Award, named after his son and given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (since 1988). It was established much earlier than these, when Einstein was still alive and
Speaking truth to power Lama and Elie Wiesel. In classical Greece 'speaking truth to power' was known as parrhesia. The tactic is similar to Satyagraha (literally, 'truth-force') which was used by Mahatma Gandhi in seeking independence from British India. Albert O. Hirschman, writing in the 1970s, suggested that subordinates have three options; Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. According to Michel Foucault writing in 1983, only the courageous may pursue the truth-to-power course; they risk losing their friends, (as Winston Churchill did in the 1930s) their liberty, even their lives ( Liu Xiaobo). Noam Chomsky is dismissive of 'speaking truth to power'. He asserts that 'power