Hounding the president of Harvard out of a job because you think she’s a DEI hire is one thing, but going after a Billionaire’s wife? How dare these journalists! What big bullies.

Bonus downplaying of EA’s faults. He of course phrases the Bostrom affair as someone being “accused” of sending a racist email, as if there were any question as to who sent it, or if it was racist. And acts like it’s not just the cherry on top of a lifetime of Bostrom’s work.

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    Oh, absolutely. I didn’t have the time to investigate her position and whether or not it was a resignation situation. I was mainly trying to show how Scott misses the point entirely and doesn’t understand how power works in as few words as I could get away with.

    Thanks for the added context, though; it is an excellent point. Someone in Oxman’s position is insulated from the kinds of power plays that can oust people in positions like Gay, which Scott does not recognise at all.