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Category Archives: Stanford
The Star Chamber of Stanford
David Pinsof’s misunderstanding essay applies to Rony Guldmann’s memoir, and in ways that cut against Guldmann more sharply than they do against his faculty antagonists. Start with Stanford Law professor Joe Bankman’s early response to the draft of Conservative Claims … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs In Stanford’s Anthropology Department
Grok says: Stanford Anthropology is a rapidly rising top-tier department that explicitly leverages its Silicon Valley location and the university’s massive tech/engineering ecosystem. It is especially strong in science & technology studies (STS), environmental anthropology, medical anthropology, digital ethnography, and … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs In Stanford’s Sociology Department
Stanford Sociology is a rapidly rising top-tier department that leverages its Silicon Valley location and the university’s massive tech/engineering ecosystem. It is strong in inequality, culture, race/ethnicity/immigration, organizations, education, and especially computational sociology, digital media, and science/technology/society (STS) intersections. The … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs in Stanford’s Program in Modern Thought & Literature
Grok says: Stanford’s Modern Thought and Literature (MTL) is an explicitly interdisciplinary PhD program housed in the School of Humanities and Sciences but deeply entangled with the English Department. It markets itself as the place where literature meets philosophy, history, … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of Stanford Now
Stanford leaders believe their institution’s position at the intersection of academic research and Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, which has produced Google, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, Instagram, Snapchat, and hundreds of other companies whose combined market capitalization exceeds the GDP of … Continue reading
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Stanford Medical School and the Logic of the Certified Knowledge Machine
Deans, department chairs, and senior faculty at Stanford Medical School do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of Precision Medicine, Pushing the Boundaries of Human Health, Translational Excellence, Moral Clarity in Biomedical … Continue reading
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Decoding Stanford Law School
Under David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory, Stanford Law School (SLS) is not a neutral training ground for lawyers. It is a certification authority for people who will operate near power while remaining morally insulated from its consequences. SLS sits at a … Continue reading
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Decoding Stanford
Under David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory, Stanford is not primarily a university. It is the command center of America’s technocratic elite. Stanford’s core function is alliance formation between intellect, capital, and state power. It does not merely educate students. It certifies … Continue reading
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Decoding The Stanford Prison Experiment
Gemini says: The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) serves as a definitive case study in how elite alliances use “expertise” to sacralize convenient narratives and how they respond when the “bullshit” underlying those narratives is exposed. 1. The Shift to the … Continue reading
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Andrew Huberman – Dodgy Wellness Guru & Stanford Professor In Good Standing
Gemini says: Stanford University maintains its tie to Andrew Huberman primarily because of his status as a tenured associate professor. Tenure provides a high level of job security designed to protect academic freedom, making it difficult for a university to … Continue reading
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