- This Harvard comp sci prof laments Republicans’ declining public opinion of universities and blames it on professors who, unlike him, inject politics into their classes. As evidence of politicization, he references Google, Coinbase, Bud Light—ie not academia—and one email from one law school TA.
- He *is* teaching politics. He just doesn't realize what he's doing is teaching politics. Computer science, almost more than any other subject in STEM, is profoundly political
- Take Bluesky. It's entire existence and many of its technical design choice are (little p) political. They are not just choices about what computers /can/ do, but choices about what computers /should/ do based on how that changes the product's place in society.
- Or take cryptography, which he teaches. Cryptography is opinionated! It can create or break power relationships about information. It lets computers, but more importantly the people who use them, keep or reveal secrets or manage trust relationships. That's it's entire job and why it's important!May 3, 2025 11:54
- Israeli-American crypto professor doesn't want 'politics' to intrude on builders of the next generation of Pegasus spyware. #DogBitesMan animated .GIF at 10pm
