MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me.
: A view of the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Let’s make sure my cancellation is the last. That begins by standing up and saying no to the mob.
I am a professor who just had a prestigious public science lecture at MIT cancelled because of an outrage mob on Twitter. My crime? Arguing for academic evaluations based on academic merit. This is the story of how a cancellation is carried out, why it should worry all of us, and what we can do to stop this dangerous trend.
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