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Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities
Stanley Fish writes: A student of mine recently demonstrated this knowledge when, with an air of giving away a trade secret, she confided that she could go into any classroom, no matter what the subject of the course, and win … Continue reading
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When Did Amy Wax Stop Conceding?
In 1998 she grants that marriage benefits women and allocates the surplus to men, and holds both. In “Something for Nothing” she tests her reciprocity principle against liberal theory and concedes she cannot derive the work obligation from first principles, … Continue reading
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Woke at Work
Marcus Ridley hears the words come out of his own mouth at 10:42 on a Tuesday and he does not recognize the man saying them. “I want to sit with what Priya just named,” he says. “I don’t want to … Continue reading
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The Career of Media Strategist David G. Hall
Luke: G’day, mate. Luke Ford here, and my guest today is media strategist David G. Hall. David, how did you get into radio? David: I got into radio when I was twelve years old. My first job was as a … Continue reading
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Alice Lassman: ‘A.I. Will Affect Your Social Life. Yes, Yours.’
The NYT says: “Ms. Lassman is an economist and the author of The Intimacy Economy on Substack.” She writes: When I write about artificial intelligence and intimacy, people tend to imagine A.I. girlfriends or tech fanatics. Only extreme users would … Continue reading
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Questions for Simon Baron-Cohen, for Cambridge, and for the People Who Were Right
Both sides of the Jason Arday affair are making the same error. One camp holds that Arday was selected for destruction because he is Black and autistic, and treats that as an answer to whether he plagiarized. The other holds … Continue reading
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Questions for Amy Wax, and for Penn
Nine years of writing about Amy Wax (b. 1953) has produced a large literature and almost no new information. The reason is that both sides stopped asking questions. Her critics ask whether she is a racist, which they have answered, … Continue reading
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“Here’s how I exposed Jason Arday and Cambridge” | David Starkey Talks to Nathan Cofnas
0:00 David Starkey (b. 1945) opens by calling Nathan Cofnas (b. 1987) the David who brought down the monster of DEI at Cambridge. 0:32 Both men name their motive as vengeance. Cambridge expelled Cofnas after two years, Starkey after fifty-six. … Continue reading
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The Jason Arday Story (8-9-26)
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