Dr. James Lindsay
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Especially, we could talk about anonymity, because I can understand why people defend it, but by the same token, it allows you to escape from your well-deserved reputation.
Especially, we could talk about anonymity, because I can understand why people defend it, but by the same token, it allows you to escape from your well-deserved reputation.
Especially, we could talk about anonymity, because I can understand why people defend it, but by the same token, it allows you to escape from your well-deserved reputation.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Yes, yes.
Yes, yes.
Yes, yes.
It's particularly true because it's literally cost-free. Yeah. Right. So you might imagine that any storehouse of value is likely to be parasitized to the degree that you can invade it for no cost.
It's particularly true because it's literally cost-free. Yeah. Right. So you might imagine that any storehouse of value is likely to be parasitized to the degree that you can invade it for no cost.
It's particularly true because it's literally cost-free. Yeah. Right. So you might imagine that any storehouse of value is likely to be parasitized to the degree that you can invade it for no cost.
Okay, so this is what I think happened to the universities, right? Is that they're whale carcasses, and they've been invaded by parasites. And the whale carcass idea is a very old one. It's a huge storehouse of value, right? So since World War II, the West was on a pretty productive trajectory, and we generated massive storehouses of value in many, many places.
Okay, so this is what I think happened to the universities, right? Is that they're whale carcasses, and they've been invaded by parasites. And the whale carcass idea is a very old one. It's a huge storehouse of value, right? So since World War II, the West was on a pretty productive trajectory, and we generated massive storehouses of value in many, many places.
Okay, so this is what I think happened to the universities, right? Is that they're whale carcasses, and they've been invaded by parasites. And the whale carcass idea is a very old one. It's a huge storehouse of value, right? So since World War II, the West was on a pretty productive trajectory, and we generated massive storehouses of value in many, many places.
Those would be financial storehouses, but reputational storehouses even more, that's even more germane. Like Harvard has both. It did have both, right? 53 billion dollars plus a stellar reputation.
Those would be financial storehouses, but reputational storehouses even more, that's even more germane. Like Harvard has both. It did have both, right? 53 billion dollars plus a stellar reputation.
Those would be financial storehouses, but reputational storehouses even more, that's even more germane. Like Harvard has both. It did have both, right? 53 billion dollars plus a stellar reputation.
Next to Disney.
Next to Disney.