In this Episode, Mark and Brady explore the recent events concerning University Presidents appearing before Congress and failing to say clearly that calling for the genocide of Jewish people would be harassment on campus.
A few weeks ago, Presidents of esteemed universities Harvard, Penn State, and MIT appeared before a committee of US Congress to answer to lawmakers about a rise in antisemitic events on campuses. When asked directly whether calls for the genocide of the Jewish people constituted a violation of the code of conduct or constituted harassment, all 3 Presidents failed to say unequivocally that this was a violation of their schools' rules.
* Since we recorded this Episode, Claudine Gay of Harvard has resigned her post, something we will pick up in the next Episode.
In this Episode explore some of the fallout of these events, as well as other topics including:
- Telsa recalls, compared to other recalls by Ford and Toyota
- President Zelensky of Ukraine and his handling of their country's communications
- 'Leave the World Behind,' a dystopic near-future film on Netflix produced by the Obamas
- Open AI's recent communications since restoring Sam Altman to the CEO role
Brought to you by words of the day 'equivocate' and 'invigilate'...
Some links:
Tesla recalls nearly 2M vehicles https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/tech/tesla-recall-autopilot/index.html
Elon Musk says DEI initiatives must die https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/12/15/elon-musk-says-dei-must-die-and-criticizes-diversity-schemes-as-discrimination/?sh=113d74464e71
OPENAI - Sam Altman returned to CEO, Board Implications
https://gizmodo.com/openai-s-new-board-members-are-now-the-boss-of-sam-altm-1851109038
University Presidents Under Fire https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/university-presidents-under-fire
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/harvard-claudine-gay-plagiarism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/opinion/harvard-claudine-gay.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share
https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/news/billionaire-len-blavatnik-yanks-donations-to-harvard/