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> They don't have any power, other than to annoy the institution. The only power here is the power that MIT has over the people they book to speak, and since MI
by jwond 5y ago
> They don't have any power, other than to annoy the institution. The only power here is the power that MIT has over the people they book to speak, and since MIT doesn't want to be annoyed, they canceled the speaker.
The ability to get others to do what you want them to is absolutely a form of power.
- whatshisface 5y agoI can't believe that Twitter culture has this much power but they're using it all on cancelling MIT speakers and not even trying to improve US policy.
- abacadaba 5y agomobs aren't known for being logical
- mensetmanusman 5y agoIt’s Brownian-cancel culture, a random walk of cancels just to see what happens…
- Gigachad 5y agoThey don’t have any power over the government or the average US voter. They only have power over random corporate employees and universities.
- angelzen 5y agoA large number of US universities make signing a DEI statement a precondition for employment. Some also require an annual progress report on DEI targets. Dorian Abbot had the temerity to propose an alternate framework, MFE. Some factions can't tolerate alternative perspectives, and thus Dorian had to be cancelled. https://www.newsweek.com/diversity-problem-campus-opinion-1618419 https://www.newsweek.com/diversity-problem-campus-opinion-16...
- orand 5y agoIt’s about postmodern deconstruction. Tearing everything down will make everything better. Somehow.