JoeWeber
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We get back to varying definitions. Winsor is right when he states that: "We get back to varying definitions". Same as when we're advised that we are talking past one and other. Of course those are the reasons why the concept of DEI was borne: varying definitions and talking past one and other. He's also right when he points out the possible injustices that such concerns might cause. We proponents are more concerned with the actual and countable injustices that birthed DEI. But then I'm not sure I've ever been harmed by the idea.
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Fair enough. But how does that work in practice? An ATP is an ATP and 10,000 hours are 10,000 hours, right? In addition to your PhD is someone tasked with reading your dissertation and making a judgement call? What about at the pizzeria? Is it immaterial who gets to be assistant manager? Have you ever gone skydiving?
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Absolutely. It'll go to the Oregon Supreme Court where our worthies will rule that copies of the law must be posted in every school bus and passed out on Halloween, too. Then off to the US Supreme Court where sanity rules and they will be rightly incredulous that any fool can't see that with only ten rounds in your magazine and a miss rate of just 80% it will take only three Fentanyl crazed MS-12 gang members to overwhelm any nice nanna so unfortunate as to be unable to defend her quilt collection. Thank God for God thanking.
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In my view, you could not be more correct. I have striven to practice that truth in every position of power I have ever had and take it on faith that you have done the same. Certainly we both know others who are not so much motivated by conscious as by laws and that's not only too bad it's also why we try to level things out in life. Of course, who might actually be the best candidate for advancement based on potential vs. someone with more experience and impeccable credentials is not an uncommon decision in business and has disjointed many noses, for sure. So I think the idea that we need ideas like DEI is the biggest problem with it.
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Of course it's institutionalized: asking pretty please don't lynch the colorful college students didn't work. Seems to me that if unqualified folks were constantly being unfairly elevated in private business the system would self correct. In our public institutions, just like the world around, we're fucked.
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And you'd be right in every situation where their advancement above you was unequal. The issue is, as there will never be a system that applies fairness in all situations, does this DEI idea actually cause more unfair kneeling than can be accepted against the balance of increased fairness it promises. If it's felt that any are too many and that's that then we need to either harden up or try something else because the old way of trusting each other to apply societal benefits on a fair and equal basis simply wasn't working.
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The argument being made is that given our history DEI is a pathway to Equality, Merit and Integrity. Sure it's messy but outside of white suburbia there are a few otherwise nice but pointy hat wearing folks who need a solid framework jammed down their throats to quit being assholes.
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It’s not already happening?
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While NATO still exists and we're threatening your territorial integrity maybe Canada should invoke Article 5.
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I do. Instead of taking the risk he’ll probably create a pretext and just hang on. Remember, by then he’ll have shown he can ignore the courts and will have full control of the House and Senate. Barring, of course an outlier like that our postings here managed to change the course of history.
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Ken, Given your background and skillsets you are very qualified to comment on this cross border trade stuff. How do you see things playing out on the ground? For example, the BC government is ready to screw red state Alaska because all essential stuff goes by truck. Of course the Alaska Governor is complaining to BC not Trump because he's a moron but no matter that seems like a lot of leverage.
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Gender?
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Binary stars must be somewhat relieved.
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So where do we go from here? I'll guess you won't distribute the economic security you accrued for your family in a futile defense of our failing democracy or let yourself become an identifiable profile for attack for when they start looking. I sure won't. Probably the conversion of American society to drone status is at least a decade or more away so I'm good; I have have a few different contingency plans in place for just this possibility. But you have kids and their futures to consider. So what are you willing to do now?
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Maybe she does have a soul or the capacity to realize she is capable of totally doing wrong.
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Fine by me as long as Powell pulls a Volcker and hikes rates aggressively. Of course the US economy might fall into recession as it did then but oh, well.
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19% of Columbia's endowment is unrestricted, apparently. https://endowment.giving.columbia.edu/endowment-performance-and-management/
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Unless shit happens.
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Thank you but it seems to me that if Columbia's plan, or any institution with that level of endowment, requires an annual infusion of cash equal to 3% of reserves to operate without drastic cuts and changes they really ought to restaff their economics department.
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And when it all goes to hell you can sell your Bitcoins on Etsy and eBay along with your Beanie Babies and Pet Rocks.
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They don’t. My ignored question was why can’t a billionaire college ride out a few years without harming this year’s students and diminishing important programs?
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To be completely honest Nigel, I think you need a bit more time in the pickle barrel. For some of us it’s more than just shooting the breeze. We live here. You don’t. Try harder to see the difference.
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But if'n you got the money, honey you have the spending advantage. Otherwise it's not an endowment it's golden handcuffs.
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John, you know the university ropes, for sure. Here's my issue: Trump is, over bogus stuff which is his thing, cutting $400M in Grants, Funding etc. to Columbia University. Of course, he's an ass for doing it for the obvious reasons. Columbia is cancelling this and that now to show all of the pain it causes. But, Columbia has a $14.8 Billion Dollar endowment. CD interest would make up more than the $400 Million. Please tell me why, for at least for some years, Columbia couldn't just absorb it?
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Oh, good. Another unidentified but highly enlightened contributor. Thank you for nothing.
