Jordan Peterson

And I can understand why, because it's hard to get research funding. Academics probably spend a third of their time writing grants, which is also appalling, and also an indication of the corrupting influence of government funding. But it's hard to get research funding, and you need it to run your lab, to hire graduate students, to buy equipment.

And I can understand why, because it's hard to get research funding. Academics probably spend a third of their time writing grants, which is also appalling, and also an indication of the corrupting influence of government funding. But it's hard to get research funding, and you need it to run your lab, to hire graduate students, to buy equipment.

And I can understand why, because it's hard to get research funding. Academics probably spend a third of their time writing grants, which is also appalling, and also an indication of the corrupting influence of government funding. But it's hard to get research funding, and you need it to run your lab, to hire graduate students, to buy equipment.

Although at places like Harvard, you know, the endowment could in principle be used for such difficult things. So being hit where the money is distributed is... you know, that's a tough blow. And it does threaten the continuation of the research enterprise as it currently exists. But this is the point.

Although at places like Harvard, you know, the endowment could in principle be used for such difficult things. So being hit where the money is distributed is... you know, that's a tough blow. And it does threaten the continuation of the research enterprise as it currently exists. But this is the point.

Although at places like Harvard, you know, the endowment could in principle be used for such difficult things. So being hit where the money is distributed is... you know, that's a tough blow. And it does threaten the continuation of the research enterprise as it currently exists. But this is the point.

Since at least the early 2010s, DEI statements have become ubiquitous in academic hiring, promotion, and grant applications, particularly at elite universities like Harvard.

Since at least the early 2010s, DEI statements have become ubiquitous in academic hiring, promotion, and grant applications, particularly at elite universities like Harvard.

Since at least the early 2010s, DEI statements have become ubiquitous in academic hiring, promotion, and grant applications, particularly at elite universities like Harvard.

Researchers dependent on federal funding, for example, 37 billion from the National Institutes of Health in 2024, have dutifully complied, often prioritizing ideological conformity and, let's say, cowardice over merit and bravery, for sure.

Researchers dependent on federal funding, for example, 37 billion from the National Institutes of Health in 2024, have dutifully complied, often prioritizing ideological conformity and, let's say, cowardice over merit and bravery, for sure.

Researchers dependent on federal funding, for example, 37 billion from the National Institutes of Health in 2024, have dutifully complied, often prioritizing ideological conformity and, let's say, cowardice over merit and bravery, for sure.

And so I started to see this about in 2010, where I would write a grant application for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Medical Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. This was in Canada, but similar entities exist in the US. And I'd have to... write out an ideological belief statement. And I thought, no bloody way am I doing that.

And so I started to see this about in 2010, where I would write a grant application for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Medical Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. This was in Canada, but similar entities exist in the US. And I'd have to... write out an ideological belief statement. And I thought, no bloody way am I doing that.

And so I started to see this about in 2010, where I would write a grant application for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Medical Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. This was in Canada, but similar entities exist in the US. And I'd have to... write out an ideological belief statement. And I thought, no bloody way am I doing that.

There's no excuse for that. It's completely irrelevant to my stated, to my commitment to seek truth as a scientist and a researcher and to teach truth to my students. And so I thought, to hell with you. You need me more than I need you. Now, did that spread? No. The researchers, pretty much to a man and woman, rolled over and let the progressives have their way with them.

There's no excuse for that. It's completely irrelevant to my stated, to my commitment to seek truth as a scientist and a researcher and to teach truth to my students. And so I thought, to hell with you. You need me more than I need you. Now, did that spread? No. The researchers, pretty much to a man and woman, rolled over and let the progressives have their way with them.

There's no excuse for that. It's completely irrelevant to my stated, to my commitment to seek truth as a scientist and a researcher and to teach truth to my students. And so I thought, to hell with you. You need me more than I need you. Now, did that spread? No. The researchers, pretty much to a man and woman, rolled over and let the progressives have their way with them.

And there's no excuse for this. And there's no whining about this now. You made your goddamn bed. It's time to lie in it. So let's document some of that. Early 2010s, DEI statements emerged as optional components in faculty hiring at universities like UC Berkeley, surprise, surprise, spreading to Ivy League schools by 2015. By 2018, remember they started out as optional, right?

And there's no excuse for this. And there's no whining about this now. You made your goddamn bed. It's time to lie in it. So let's document some of that. Early 2010s, DEI statements emerged as optional components in faculty hiring at universities like UC Berkeley, surprise, surprise, spreading to Ivy League schools by 2015. By 2018, remember they started out as optional, right?