university

7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2021 by Bari Weiss · across every show →

Everything said about university, oldest first

Jun 29, 2021 negative
Insight
Weiss: Universities are the nucleation point for institutional decay
“If you're wondering why the museums you love and the publishing houses you love and the newspapers used to trust and, you know, the Hollywood, all of these things, if you want to understand why they are hollowed out, why they are no longer what they used to be…”
Bari Weiss Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 26:13 Bari Weiss: Defending Western Civilization and Building New Institutions · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 6, 2022 positive
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Reeser: Practitioner Degrees Generate Returns to Fund Entire Universities
“Those are all degrees that are going to result in outstanding economic impact. That by itself creates a value base that would easily justify the funding for an entire university so that the softer programs, if you will, are carried by those who have a more tan…”
Mike Reiser Jan 6, 2022 ▶ 8:47 Texas State Technical College: The School With a Money-Back Guarantee · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 10, 2022 positive
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Kanelos: The Best Universities Combine Contemplative Scholarship With Applied Public Achievement
“The best sort of university combines those two strands together. So, you know, the public, you know, public achievement, people who have lived lives in the public have a lot to teach those who are at a university.”
Pano Kanelos Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 24:18 Joe Lonsdale and Pano Kanelos on Building a New World-Class University · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 18, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Gimenez: Universities take 50% of academic research grant funding for overhead
“And the university takes 50% of the overhead. So if you make five million dollars, the university takes 2.5 of it.”
Dr. Francisco Gimenez Apr 18, 2022 ▶ 28:35 The Year That Changed Medicine Forever | Francisco Gimenez Explains the Biotech Revolution. · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 8, 2023 neutral
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Slat: University is a means to an end and not for everyone
“University is, is kind of a means to an end. I think, you know, I employ a lot of people that do have engineering degrees. Of course we need those. But I don't think it's necessarily the right path for everyone. And, you know, if you can reach your goals witho…”
Boyan Slat Nov 8, 2023 ▶ 3:03 Ep 69: How a Teenager Set Out to Rid the Ocean of Plastic; Boyan Slat & the Ocean Cleanup · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 23, 2023
Disclosure
Lonsdale: I am starting a university to compete with top four-year colleges
“Obviously, I'm starting a university to compete with some of the top four-year colleges.”
Joe Lonsdale Nov 23, 2023 ▶ 7:09 Ep 71: No Debt, Top Professors & Personal Coaches — A New Community College with Tade Oyerinde · Joe Lonsdale
Oct 9, 2025 negative
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Carvalho: Universities should avoid taking stances on partisan policy issues
“I mean, you know, a university should not be taking positions on the matters of the day, whether the tax rate should be 47% or 45%. That's left to the partisan.”
Carlos Carvalho Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 7:29 This Idea is Destroying American Universities · Joe Lonsdale
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