Sat.Oct 12, 2024

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Weekend Reading: What really goes on at university?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Liz Morrish , an independent scholar and visiting fellow at York St John University, UK. She has previously written two reports for HEPI on the topic of staff mental health, which are available here and here. It is often thought that vice-chancellors monitor the social media posts of university staff, fearful of any reputational damage that might befall the inattentive.

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Technoreductionism, Technofedualism: Tech Bros as Gods or Robber Barons?

Higher Education Inquirer

It's questionable whether the Earth's tech bros (e.g. Gates, Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg) really believe in democracy, but they do believe in enriching themselves, like the robber barons of the 19th century, or going back even further, to myths of flawed gods of ancient times. A few of these bros, believing mostly in themselves, have suggested that democracy is incompatible with progress.