Fantastic interview, Bari. Would love to see more articles about the attendees and topics at Sun Valley. "A move towards subjectivity will end up being a move towards mediocrity" is worth framing.
A few follow up questions for Larry Summers:
1) What does he think of new universities like UATX that are focused on meritocracy and the pursuit…
Fantastic interview, Bari. Would love to see more articles about the attendees and topics at Sun Valley. "A move towards subjectivity will end up being a move towards mediocrity" is worth framing.
A few follow up questions for Larry Summers:
1) What does he think of new universities like UATX that are focused on meritocracy and the pursuit of truth, which Harvard and other Ivy League schools abandoned?
2) Now that there are more administrators at Harvard than undergrad students, does he think they have become to powerful relative to the faculty, students, and presidents like him?
3) Given that Larry was fired for wrongthink and the Harvard faculty is 90%+ lefty, what does he think is the best way to restore open inquiry, intellectual diversity, and free speech on campus?
4) Harvard just appointed a new president, Claudine Gay. Does he think she was appointed by merit or DIE? Should she be more carefully scrutinized, given her involvement with several major scandals including Roland Fryer? (details here https://www.karlstack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-claudine-gay)
5) Why should we still revere Harvard when just in the past year their morgue manager was arrested for selling body parts, a leading HBS professor who studies ethics resigned due to fraud, and it hired laughingstocks like Bill De Blasio, Lori Lightfoot, and Brian Stelter? (details here: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-get-into-harvard-part-3)
6) Larry bragged that Xi Jinping's daughter attended Harvard. Several years ago, the head of Harvard's chemistry department Charles Lieber was found guilty of lying about his work with the CCP. What measures should American universities take to protect IP from foreign adversaries like the CCP's Thousand Talents program?
The weight of the name, the weight of the access, and the weight of their hubris and elitism, in spite of the tokens. I will be honest… the Harvard name still impresses. Phenomenal branding!
After reading these suggested questions it seems like Bari missed a golden opportunity to push a bit harder with Mr Summers. I too wondered about the recent appt of their President.
Fantastic interview, Bari. Would love to see more articles about the attendees and topics at Sun Valley. "A move towards subjectivity will end up being a move towards mediocrity" is worth framing.
A few follow up questions for Larry Summers:
1) What does he think of new universities like UATX that are focused on meritocracy and the pursuit of truth, which Harvard and other Ivy League schools abandoned?
2) Now that there are more administrators at Harvard than undergrad students, does he think they have become to powerful relative to the faculty, students, and presidents like him?
3) Given that Larry was fired for wrongthink and the Harvard faculty is 90%+ lefty, what does he think is the best way to restore open inquiry, intellectual diversity, and free speech on campus?
4) Harvard just appointed a new president, Claudine Gay. Does he think she was appointed by merit or DIE? Should she be more carefully scrutinized, given her involvement with several major scandals including Roland Fryer? (details here https://www.karlstack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-claudine-gay)
5) Why should we still revere Harvard when just in the past year their morgue manager was arrested for selling body parts, a leading HBS professor who studies ethics resigned due to fraud, and it hired laughingstocks like Bill De Blasio, Lori Lightfoot, and Brian Stelter? (details here: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-get-into-harvard-part-3)
6) Larry bragged that Xi Jinping's daughter attended Harvard. Several years ago, the head of Harvard's chemistry department Charles Lieber was found guilty of lying about his work with the CCP. What measures should American universities take to protect IP from foreign adversaries like the CCP's Thousand Talents program?
The weight of the name, the weight of the access, and the weight of their hubris and elitism, in spite of the tokens. I will be honest… the Harvard name still impresses. Phenomenal branding!
And what has happened to UATX anyway? The last I heard, it was still trying to get accreditation.
Yuri, a person who asks these types of questions is more qualified, & would be more effective as Pres. Of Harvard than who was - and who is.
If Bari asked questions like those, she wouldn't get any more invites to Sun Valley.
Unfortunately, you are correct.
Think you should have conducted the interview Yuri.
After reading these suggested questions it seems like Bari missed a golden opportunity to push a bit harder with Mr Summers. I too wondered about the recent appt of their President.
Questions indeed!
And will Harvard restrict acceptances of children of politicians as well? That ‘perk’ is worse than legacy.
And well known journalists too.
And actors
There you go, Bari and Suzi... there's your in for your kid(s).