Harvey Silverglate

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948 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2023 last heard May 2023

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Lex Fridman Podcast · #377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech · 16 May 2023 podcast

And there was immediate depression.

The room became absolutely stone silent.

and they were all disappointed.

Well, that was a memorable moment, and it told me that

They were a little bit too overconfident.

They were savoring being part of a presidential administration.

Ambition had been thwarted.

I'm not a great fan of preening ambition.

I think it blinds people to realities.

And the resulting arrogance from such ambition.

And the arrogance, yes.

It's one of the reasons I didn't accept Jim Vorenberg's offer to be part of the academic community.

I mean, I represent professors.

I have friends who are professors.

I represent students.

I have friends who are students.

Um,

And I have a great regard for universities and higher education.

But I was not about to become part of a culture.

I thought that it was not good for me and not good for the institution either.

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