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by metadat 1492 days ago
Actually, Stanford funds the academic portion of the enterprise from the interest off it's endowment.

It is common knowledge that Stanford is really a front for a real estate venture.

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31266464

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What's the angle? Who is profiting from this venture? How much?

(And pro-tip re linked post: ideas carry better without cryptoracist prose.)

I'm sorry, what makes his link racist? The "Old, elite, uber-wealthy white men" comment? As in all of stanfords presidents?