Harvard

10 statements across 10 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Apr 10, 2018 by Barbara Oakley · across every show →

Everything said about Harvard, oldest first

Apr 10, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Oakley's $5,000 basement course matched Harvard's entire online course enrollment
“Our one little course that was made for less than 5000 dollars, mostly in my basement had on this order the same number of students as all of Harvard's online courses put together, made for millions of dollars with hundreds of people.”
Barbara Oakley Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 1:23:08 #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
Jul 11, 2018 negative
Opinion
MacAskill: Harvard and Stanford should spend their endowments rather than fundraising
“It kind of baffles me that organizations, that, yeah, organizations like Harvard and Stanford are requesting donations from their alumni while at the same time sitting on an endowment of thirty-five billion dollars that they could be spending down.”
William MacAskill Jul 11, 2018 ▶ 25:04 #36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good
Oct 2, 2018 positive
Insight
Gawande: Clinical excellence depends more on organizational systems than pedigree
“It's not all about Being at Harvard and going to the very best program and being the most pedigreed and the most credentialed, you had these folks who were getting remarkable results, and it was not about just their performance, it was the team and the organiz…”
Dr. Atul Gawande Oct 2, 2018 ▶ 10:03 #42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress
Feb 5, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Headlee: Talking About Yourself Triggers The Brain's Pleasure Centers
“In, in 2014, Harvard released this study in which they discovered that talking about yourself activates the same pleasure center in the brain as sex and heroin.”
Celeste Headlee Feb 5, 2019 ▶ 1:08:51 #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
Oct 5, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Isaacson: Boston has highest density of research hospitals worldwide
“At the moment, that's Kendall Square in Cambridge with Harvard and MIT, and then the Boston area, which has more research hospitals, you know, inch for inch than any other place in the world.”
Walter Isaacson Oct 5, 2021 ▶ 24:30 #121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
May 3, 2022 bullish
Disclosure
Sinclair: Tally Health Will Release a 10x Cheaper Biological Age Test
“My student, one of my students at Harvard Has developed a technology where we can measure this clock very cheaply for at least 10 times less than that. And we're about to release a product in this, sometime this year, that would be a cheek swab”
Dr. David Sinclair May 3, 2022 ▶ 33:35 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
Jun 25, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Doucleff: Nuclear family rise correlates with historical Catholic Church influence
“And this professor at Harvard has, like, tracked down the rise of the nuclear family correlates with how long ago the Catholic Church was brought into a society. And so Europe is the longest, and you see this very strong nuclear family, and then other parts of…”
Michaeleen Doucleff Jun 25, 2024 ▶ 10:15 #197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make
May 13, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Gil: Stanford, MIT, and Harvard dominate outsized startup founder outcomes
“We went, my team went back and we looked at where do all the startup founders come out of school-wise, and three schools dominate by far in terms of big outside outcomes. Stanford is number one by far, and then MIT and Harvard.”
Elad Gil May 13, 2025 ▶ 1:21:30 Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World
Dec 16, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rutgers Dean Asked Bernie Marcus for $10k Bribe to Evade Harvard Quota
“The dean said he could get Bernie into Harvard. Then came the catch. It would cost 10,000 dollars. Harvard has a Jewish quota, the dean explained. The money ensures you get one of the spots.”
Shane Parrish Dec 16, 2025 ▶ 3:44 Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot
Mar 31, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: 80% of Students at Harvard Now Receive A's
“80% of people at Harvard get A's now.”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 4:11 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
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