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> something as trivial as having to write a small essay Do you think the essay itself is really why people are upset, or are you being glib? It's hard to tell.
by defen 4y ago
> something as trivial as having to write a small essay
Do you think the essay itself is really why people are upset, or are you being glib? It's hard to tell.
- l33t233372 4y agoI understand the essay represents some Very Bad Idea that they disagree with or something along those lines.
- ModernMech 4y agoI know that people posting here aren’t upset about the essays, because 99% of them haven’t read a single one. This is not exactly a community of educators, but technology industry insiders. The level of unfounded self-assuredness on display here about what goes on at e.g. a UC Berkeley faculty hiring committee rivals ChatGPT. Which brings us back to: if no one here has read any of these essays, what‘a with all the angry comments?