From the piece:
"...we have assembled a group of academics, intellectuals, and civic leaders who, today, are proud to unveil the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which recapitulates the crisis of the universities and calls on Trump to advance six principles for reform: truth over ideology, institutional neutrality, color-blind equality, free speech, civil discourse, and administrative transparency."
The statement has an impressive list of signatories: Chris Rufo, Jordan Peterson, Peter Boghossian, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Niall Ferguson, Christine Hoff Summers, Victor David Hansen and more.
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This video that Walter Kirn happened to post brought me some delight. Check out those costumes!
Per: today discussion.
As for drifting thoughts...I write this in defense of the Drifters.
Buckminster Fuller used the term "cosmic fishing" to often describe his way of thinking. There is an actual book entitled "Cosmic Fishing" by Ed Applewhite that describe Fuller's creative process. (If you ever want to get an understanding of Fuller, this would be my suggestion. Essentially it is meta-Bucky)
Driftnets are used to fish. The metaphor here is apt. They are pulled along til several or a large school of fish are caught.
Each person fishing catches their own unique fish. In my movie, Alison is going to become a fishmonger soon with her music choices that she will send out to the denizens of Bend. (Bendizens?)
People who cosmic fish also work on a large scale. What's the point of cosmic fishing if you don't. For me, when asked a question, I get a download and struggle to make a choice as to where to start when the best choice is to begin and go til you end. It's almost as if the narrative is ...