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Personal feelings at elite universities
21:44 - 37:25 (15:40)
Elite universities provide a safe space for students, but as they leave these college environments, their safety nets will no longer exist. Cancel culture is becoming increasingly political, but it is important for adults to make decisions for universities and students even if they may be unpopular.
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The speaker expresses the need for administrators to make decisions in the best interest of universities and students, free from the influence of inexperienced teenagers.
21:44 - 27:33 (05:48)
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The speaker expresses the need for administrators to make decisions in the best interest of universities and students, free from the influence of inexperienced teenagers. Additionally, he believes that educators at elite universities are among the greatest minds in their fields and should focus on using experiences like his own as a teaching moment, rather than giving into political correctness.
ChapterPersonal feelings at elite universities
Episode#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The duty of elite universities is to challenge people and provide safety nets.
27:33 - 32:41 (05:08)
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The duty of elite universities is to challenge people and provide safety nets. Going to a great institution should not leave someone the same person; there's a line to draw to deny a platform of misinformation to students.
ChapterPersonal feelings at elite universities
Episode#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses the concept of cancel culture and questions whether people are inherently good, or if circumstances create evil.
32:41 - 37:25 (04:43)
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The speaker discusses the concept of cancel culture and questions whether people are inherently good, or if circumstances create evil. It is agreed that our society is too quick to cancel people, and we need to take a more measured approach.