I tried to read this article but gave up when I found it to be too long-winded with many evidence-free assertions. Just a warning for anyone else thinking of diving in... Maybe there's a better...
I tried to read this article but gave up when I found it to be too long-winded with many evidence-free assertions. Just a warning for anyone else thinking of diving in... Maybe there's a better written version of this argument elsewhere.
What evidence are you looking for here? This was one person's thoughts about Yale and its role in the world, and I'm not sure that there's a study that could prove or disprove their opinions.
What evidence are you looking for here? This was one person's thoughts about Yale and its role in the world, and I'm not sure that there's a study that could prove or disprove their opinions.
Well, for one thing, I didn't get far enough for her to start really talking about Yale (see: long-winded). I'm not going to dispute her own personal experiences. As a second thing, I am deeply...
Well, for one thing, I didn't get far enough for her to start really talking about Yale (see: long-winded). I'm not going to dispute her own personal experiences.
As a second thing, I am deeply uninterested in getting into a debate over minutia of the article. I will present one example that particularly stood out to me.
The primary issue is that I fundamentally don't seem to share her perspective on rich vs. poor, but she writes the article from an angle as if I already agree with what she's saying. So when she throws out what feels like throwaway lines to her, like this one, I feel like it needs more explanation, not just an assertion:
And when something does need to be challenged in elite thought, not in the fake, recuperated way that Greta Thunberg ritually challenges an already-supportive crowd at Davos, but in the real way that carries personal riskâwe bail.
I don't know where she's coming from with this cheap shot at Greta, nor do I agree that people readily bail when challenging elite thought. This seems to be an important part of her argument - that we never challenge elite thought - but what if I don't agree? It makes it hard to continue on with the article, when she assumes unchallenged agreement.
I tried to read this article but gave up when I found it to be too long-winded with many evidence-free assertions. Just a warning for anyone else thinking of diving in... Maybe there's a better written version of this argument elsewhere.
What evidence are you looking for here? This was one person's thoughts about Yale and its role in the world, and I'm not sure that there's a study that could prove or disprove their opinions.
Well, for one thing, I didn't get far enough for her to start really talking about Yale (see: long-winded). I'm not going to dispute her own personal experiences.
As a second thing, I am deeply uninterested in getting into a debate over minutia of the article. I will present one example that particularly stood out to me.
The primary issue is that I fundamentally don't seem to share her perspective on rich vs. poor, but she writes the article from an angle as if I already agree with what she's saying. So when she throws out what feels like throwaway lines to her, like this one, I feel like it needs more explanation, not just an assertion:
I don't know where she's coming from with this cheap shot at Greta, nor do I agree that people readily bail when challenging elite thought. This seems to be an important part of her argument - that we never challenge elite thought - but what if I don't agree? It makes it hard to continue on with the article, when she assumes unchallenged agreement.