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And all of this contributes to extremely low intellectual diversity at Ivy Leagues. I have the pleasure of frequently interacting with Harvard students and it i
by usednet 4y ago
And all of this contributes to extremely low intellectual diversity at Ivy Leagues. I have the pleasure of frequently interacting with Harvard students and it is consistently true that they are always unremarkable individuals. These schools simply breed a managerial class that is capable of grinding hard and following orders.
- frognumber 4y agoI've been affiliated with MIT in one way or another for more than a quarter-century. What's been astounding is the change in faculty. Historically, MIT faculty were nerds into neat tech problems. New MIT faculty are slick politicians with an increasing sleazy Enron-style vibe. That's true of MIT leadership as well.
- sudosysgen 4y agoDo you know of some place where there are still nerds into neat tech problems?
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- slt2021 4y agoLess popular but still hardcore places like Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, some state schools like Ohio State, UMich come to mind. Just stay away from woke ivy league
- lotsofpulp 4y agoFYi, MIT is not Ivy League.
- a4a4a4a4 4y agoYou need to leave the US and look at European Unis. EPFL, ETH Zürich, Delft, TÜ Berlin/Munich.
- moralestapia 4y agoCaltech's still the real deal.
- forum_ghost 4y agohas been reflected in the student body as well in some ways? tia
- abeppu 4y agoCan you elaborate on what "Enron-style vibe" means when describing university faculty?
- sumedh 4y agoPeople who make decisions using powerpoint slides?
- 93po 4y agoform over substance
- frognumber 4y ago- Academic fraud - Clever financial schemes and complex conflicts-of-interest - Incredible salesmanship relative to the amount of substance - ... and so on. I've seen criminal activity there too (which I can't elaborate on), but I suspect the Institute is waiting for an Enron-style collapse. It will be a soft landing. The endowment is obscene at this point; the Institute can weather a lot.
- aj7 4y agoI’ve suspected this. There was always some seed corn of this type at MIT, even in the old days. I got SB, 1968-72. Hacker was a new word, and nerd was often spelled with a “u.” It would have been unthinkable to try to prosecute Jonathan Swartz then.
- ramesh31 4y ago>Historically, MIT faculty were nerds into neat tech problems. Computer Science used to be for nerds that were into neat tech problems. Now it's just seen the same as business/law/finance/whatever. And accordingly, we now have a deluge of CS graduates that want nothing to do with tech and simply move into management as fast as possible.