Attention Economy


Sunday, October 31, 2021

Cancel Culture in Academics

M.I.T.’s Choice of Lecturer Ignited Criticism. So Did Its Decision to Cancel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/dorian-abbot-mit.html
Why the Latest Campus Cancellation is Different
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/why-latest-campus-cancellation-different/620352/
The Views That Made Me Persona Non Grata at MIT
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cancel-culture-college-mit-dorian-abbot-university-chicago-representation-equity-equality-11635516316
The Diversity Problem on Campus
https://www.newsweek.com/diversity-problem-campus-opinion-1618419
 
University of Florida bars faculty members from testifying in voting rights lawsuit against DeSantis administration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/30/florida-voting-rights-desantis-lawsuit/ 

Interview with Christopher Eisgruber (the head of Princeton):
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/10/princeton-president-racism-inequality/620340/
Eisgruber: Right now, everybody insists on dividing free speech and inclusivity from one another. They insist on a version of the free-speech ideal that is just about unconstrained expression. But we are not here just to have unfettered expression. We are a part of a truth-seeking enterprise. We try to make a difference in the world by, among other things, distinguishing better and worse arguments. We should want people not only talking at one another, hurling insults, and never learning a thing. That would be fully consistent with the demands of free speech, but it would not do anything in terms of what this university seeks to achieve. We need people communicating in ways that respect one another and learn from one another across differences, both of opinion and background.

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