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).
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…
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…
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…
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…
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...
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…
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).
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…
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…
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…
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…
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...
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…