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by jariel 1987 days ago
The Art of War, basically the first textbook ever written (and understandably so) is still relevant today.

It's almost oddly metaphysical, and relevant in zero-sum games.

Also:

"evidence of how you have come to understand the barriers faced by others, evidence of your academic service to advance equitable access to higher education for women, racial minorities, and individuals from other groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education, evidence of your research focusing on underserved populations or related issues of inequality, or evidence of your leadership among such groups.”

It's funny how some forms of censorship are evil, but other forms are lauded.

They are essentially demanding that research 'be in service to' a specific intersectional perspective, which has to be the opposite of academic freedom.