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I was lucky enough to go to the Kennedy Compound this summer. I went sailing with their family and they're really great kids. A lot of the kids there were from- On the figure or the rock? Where are they? No, they're on Hyannis, whatever, the famous thing. And I went there and a lot of their young kids, RFK's kids are young, they went to Harvard. And a lot of these Harvard kids are all good kids.
I was lucky enough to go to the Kennedy Compound this summer. I went sailing with their family and they're really great kids. A lot of the kids there were from- On the figure or the rock? Where are they? No, they're on Hyannis, whatever, the famous thing. And I went there and a lot of their young kids, RFK's kids are young, they went to Harvard. And a lot of these Harvard kids are all good kids.
But, you know, some of them are very interesting, right? Because they said to me, they said, you own a house in the Hamptons. I said, yeah. They go, do you ever go out there in the winter? I go, yeah, sometimes I do. It's quiet, nice. You can write, you can work on stuff. They go, yeah.
But, you know, some of them are very interesting, right? Because they said to me, they said, you own a house in the Hamptons. I said, yeah. They go, do you ever go out there in the winter? I go, yeah, sometimes I do. It's quiet, nice. You can write, you can work on stuff. They go, yeah.
Well, you know, they go, it's kind of depressing to come to the Cape in the winter because all these people here are on drugs. And it's like, yeah, because you ship their jobs away. So it's just stunning. These are Harvard kids. They're very smart kids. But you have these chasms where, you know, where you would think it would be completely obvious, right?
Well, you know, they go, it's kind of depressing to come to the Cape in the winter because all these people here are on drugs. And it's like, yeah, because you ship their jobs away. So it's just stunning. These are Harvard kids. They're very smart kids. But you have these chasms where, you know, where you would think it would be completely obvious, right?
To people at this, you know, amazing academic institution that, yeah, of course, the people are on drugs. They're embracing pathological behavior. They they don't have a future. But these schools have become these really insular bubbles where these people have these really well-meaning aesthetic politics, which says we don't care about your economic circumstances. Here's a trans Batman.
To people at this, you know, amazing academic institution that, yeah, of course, the people are on drugs. They're embracing pathological behavior. They they don't have a future. But these schools have become these really insular bubbles where these people have these really well-meaning aesthetic politics, which says we don't care about your economic circumstances. Here's a trans Batman.
And I don't think that that that seems to be the ethos of higher education in America right now. And it's it's very hypocritical. And I think it's why the Democratic Party no longer connects because they're too closely associated with like that type of, you know, that type of elite identity politics. Yeah.
And I don't think that that that seems to be the ethos of higher education in America right now. And it's it's very hypocritical. And I think it's why the Democratic Party no longer connects because they're too closely associated with like that type of, you know, that type of elite identity politics. Yeah.
How would you play up your Indian-ness with Jerome Powell? The idea of that is the best thing I've heard all week.
How would you play up your Indian-ness with Jerome Powell? The idea of that is the best thing I've heard all week.
I just love Jerome Powell sitting there and go, we were on the fence about you. But you showed up with this butter chicken. The chicken makhni. I was going to bring it up. You came in here with saag paneer. He was like, he brought a sitar. He starts playing the sitar. And it's like, what are you doing?
I just love Jerome Powell sitting there and go, we were on the fence about you. But you showed up with this butter chicken. The chicken makhni. I was going to bring it up. You came in here with saag paneer. He was like, he brought a sitar. He starts playing the sitar. And it's like, what are you doing?
Who's that guy showing up at a rickshaw? It's the chairman of the mortgage market.
Who's that guy showing up at a rickshaw? It's the chairman of the mortgage market.
If I wanted to study anything at Harvard, it would be Brigitte Macron's gender. But I think we do have to focus on disease to an extent. But here's what I would say to add to that conversation. I would say that like,
If I wanted to study anything at Harvard, it would be Brigitte Macron's gender. But I think we do have to focus on disease to an extent. But here's what I would say to add to that conversation. I would say that like,
These schools exist for a multitude of reasons, but one of them is to create a consensus among, you know, the wealthiest and obviously people that are expected to be the most powerful in society and to create a consensus about the values that are important to America at any given time. And I think the question should be, why are these values so important and to whom?
These schools exist for a multitude of reasons, but one of them is to create a consensus among, you know, the wealthiest and obviously people that are expected to be the most powerful in society and to create a consensus about the values that are important to America at any given time. And I think the question should be, why are these values so important and to whom?