jasonyyun

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   by jasonyyun 10y ago

   this feels like the opposite of safe-space talk, actually - people who are considering this are actively finding their own spaces (vs. asking existing spaces to consider their needs).
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   by jasonyyun 15y ago

   They don't detect _copyright_, as far as I know. Videos are sometimes blocked or muted because a copyright-holder claims a violation, but this is a mass action based on the video or song itself, NOT on the copyright of the song. Because of
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   by jasonyyun 15y ago

   Here's the problem though: if you're interested in meritocracy, it has to be a true meritocracy all the way through. You can't ignore other parts of the process and then, only at the very end, say that the quality of work is the only thing
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   by jasonyyun 15y ago

   Expanding on grandalf's thought, I suspect that the alternative--that is, opting out of school to pursue a career or other business opportunity--can come off as overly selfish or capitalistic. Education is still often considered to have som
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   by jasonyyun 15y ago

   All discussions about his article aside (whether it's a valid viewpoint at all; whether it makes any real arguments), it's a little unclear to me exactly what he's doing. Can anyone clarify? I've looked at uncollege.org, and the "What" pa
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   by jasonyyun 16y ago

   I don't want to start another topic, so I'll leave this - an excellent response from a user on Quora on the topic: http://www.quora.com/Parenting/Is-Amy-Chua-right-when-she-ex...
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   by jasonyyun 16y ago

   Thanks for the concern... I saw this a minute after the post went up on Facebook and talked to a friend + colleague of BZ. He called Princeton Public Safety about 10 minutes after it was posted, and they informed him that they were on the w