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Bill Ackman

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Well, it's two things. I think it's governance structure. I also think universities are selecting, they're not selecting leaders. Yeah. You know, it's not clear to me that... universities should necessarily be run by academics, right? You know, the dean of a university, you know, the person who helps, sort of the business of the university, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Well, it's two things. I think it's governance structure. I also think universities are selecting, they're not selecting leaders. Yeah. You know, it's not clear to me that... universities should necessarily be run by academics, right? You know, the dean of a university, you know, the person who helps, sort of the business of the university, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Well, it's two things. I think it's governance structure. I also think universities are selecting, they're not selecting leaders. Yeah. You know, it's not clear to me that... universities should necessarily be run by academics, right? You know, the dean of a university, you know, the person who helps, sort of the business of the university, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And then there's the academics of the university and having a, I would argue having a business leader run these institutions and then having a board that's involved, a board that has itself diverse viewpoints and by the way, permanently structured to have diverse viewpoints, is a much better way to run a university than picking an academic that the faculty supports.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And then there's the academics of the university and having a, I would argue having a business leader run these institutions and then having a board that's involved, a board that has itself diverse viewpoints and by the way, permanently structured to have diverse viewpoints, is a much better way to run a university than picking an academic that the faculty supports.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And then there's the academics of the university and having a, I would argue having a business leader run these institutions and then having a board that's involved, a board that has itself diverse viewpoints and by the way, permanently structured to have diverse viewpoints, is a much better way to run a university than picking an academic that the faculty supports.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Because one of the things I learned about how faculty get hired at universities, ultimately it's signed off by the board, but the new faculty are chosen by each of the various departments. And once the departments tip, there's sort of a tipping point politically where once they tip in one direction, the faculty... recruit more people like themselves.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Because one of the things I learned about how faculty get hired at universities, ultimately it's signed off by the board, but the new faculty are chosen by each of the various departments. And once the departments tip, there's sort of a tipping point politically where once they tip in one direction, the faculty... recruit more people like themselves.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Because one of the things I learned about how faculty get hired at universities, ultimately it's signed off by the board, but the new faculty are chosen by each of the various departments. And once the departments tip, there's sort of a tipping point politically where once they tip in one direction, the faculty... recruit more people like themselves.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And so the departments become more and more progressive, if you will, with the passage of time. And they only advance candidates that match their, that meet their political objectives. It's not a great way to build an institution which allows for- Small D diversity. Allows for, yeah, diversity. And diversity, by the way, is not just race and gender.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And so the departments become more and more progressive, if you will, with the passage of time. And they only advance candidates that match their, that meet their political objectives. It's not a great way to build an institution which allows for- Small D diversity. Allows for, yeah, diversity. And diversity, by the way, is not just race and gender.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And so the departments become more and more progressive, if you will, with the passage of time. And they only advance candidates that match their, that meet their political objectives. It's not a great way to build an institution which allows for- Small D diversity. Allows for, yeah, diversity. And diversity, by the way, is not just race and gender.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And that's also something I feel very strongly about.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And that's also something I feel very strongly about.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

And that's also something I feel very strongly about.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

It's in the biology department at Harvard, because biology is controversial now.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

It's in the biology department at Harvard, because biology is controversial now.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

It's in the biology department at Harvard, because biology is controversial now.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Because biology and gender, you know, there are faculty, there's a woman at Harvard who was literally canceled from the faculty as a member, I think she was at the med school. And she was, you know, she made the argument that there are basically, you know, two genders determined by biology. She wasn't allowed to stay. Okay. That's another topic for another time. That's another topic.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#413 โ€“ Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

Because biology and gender, you know, there are faculty, there's a woman at Harvard who was literally canceled from the faculty as a member, I think she was at the med school. And she was, you know, she made the argument that there are basically, you know, two genders determined by biology. She wasn't allowed to stay. Okay. That's another topic for another time. That's another topic.