Q&A with Julia Ott

The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ is drifting towards socialism.

Prof. Julia Ott said among other things that "... Myths about venture capital stand in the way of democratic deliberation about how our society might direct the socially generated surplus of today's economy towards building a better economy for the future ..."

This pure and very naive socialism coming from this professor!

When asked "What question within your field do you most want to answer and why?" Prof Ott answered: "...
1) Why do so many Americans believe that "venture capital" is essential for economic growth and technological innovation—and that inequality is the price we must pay? 2) How did the discourse of meritocracy displace a more overt language of white supremacy in American political culture (at least for a time) ..."
Amazing that such a biased ideologue becomes a professor in the U.S. and is then interviewed by the prestigious IAS!

Q&A with Julia Ott | Institute for Advanced Study: In 2019–20, Julia Ott, Member in the School of Social Science and Associate Professor at the New School for Social Research, is examining the origins of venture capital as an idea, as a form of investment, and as an organized industry.

Very Old Fashioned Institute For Advanced Studies

Posted: 2/6/2019

Just watched a lecture video published by the Institute for Advanced Studies located on Einstein Drive in Princeton, New Jersey. Originally, I was watching a lecture from April 3, 2017 given by Ran Raz when I discovered that the lectures at the IAS are still using chalk and blackboard. As an aside, Ran Raz was even using a dry sponge to clean the chalk of the blackboard, well you can imagine what that looked like ...

I thought, OK this video was recorded almost to years ago. Let’s see the most recent available video. At the time of writing this blog, this was: Non-commutative rank by Visu Makam University of Michigan; Member, School of Mathematics February 5, 2019.

I could not believe that the lecturers at the IAS are still using the extremely outdated technology of chalk and blackboard. I was actually deeply shocked that such brilliant minds waste time and effort on this ancient technology in the digital age. This is highly inefficient and amateurish! Almost like throwback!