Data Collection

I saw you talk years and years ago. I was obviously impressed with your story.

There’s a lot going on politically. I’ve been teaching a class and initially I shared my personal email and said I had no idea why you might need this but here it is. Well, I later gave them a reason. Someone had spray painted antisemitic things around campus. Honestly, it was a little unnerving. But, I wore my Jewish space lazer corps shirt and did my best to tell them that I really wish both sides would stop and if they were Jewish feel to email me and if you’re not feel free to email me too because I’ve long wanted that situation to deescalate. [1]

Even more recently, I was talking to someone who said some shocking things. Stuff that scares the shit out of me tbh. But, we kept talking and I said if your daughter ever wants to learn about AI feel free to contact me. I said yelling at each other isn’t really going to do anything. Tbh, it very much feels like it’s better to try and accept that we all some very strange thoughts at times and it’s better to keep the communication open. [2]

Thanks again,

[1]

• I know some of you reading this might go big deal. You told people you’re Jewish and wore a goofy shirt. If you don’t think this is serious here’s a recent example of a list of Jews made.
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/23andMe_data_leak
  • This isn’t a Buzzfeed listical
• Let alone one that’s teaching at a university. I can’t expect people to know that a lecturer is the equivalent of going to a Wendy’s and asking for a ribeye. I’ve got no agenda. Hell, if anything I’m surprised I haven’t been fired for telling the students I think grades are bullshit. I gave them a database of clinical data and said find 10 things that make me go that’s fn interesting. Use all the AI you want.
• We talked about how when I went to Israel there was a stabbing and car hit by a missile. I also echoed that when John Kerry used the word apartheid; I also saw and felt that Palestinians weren’t being treated fairly either. And how for years I’ve said Netanyahu is not good for Israel.
• I also described that being Jewish means there’s a religious part and an ethnic part. You can not engage in one, but one will always be there.
  • If they’re a minority. I know what it feels like to feel trapped.
• We also went over how discrimination is really hard to prove.
  • Sometimes it’s nice to talk about your favorite matzo ball recipe with your coworkers.
• I have rarely if ever talked openly about being Jewish. Especially, in a workplace.

[2]

• I talked about how I’m trying to not make it about that man anymore. She talked about how she feels isolated as a conservative.
• We also talked about how it feels like moderates are being squeezed out of the conversation.
• I told her I cancelled class on Election Day because, the last place I really want to be is on a college campus then. Things are tense.
• We talked about how we both agree that’s going on in the Middle East is horrific.
• I chatting about trying to get around this grade thing in my class and how teaching it the “traditional” way felt like I was punishing lower performers. People who I’m convinced of likely just have a learning disorder or something.
  • I used a horrible analogy I won’t repeat.
  • Moral is, why punish someone for something that isn’t their fault?
• She showed me her daughter’s grades and gave me the name of her school.
  • The school recently changed their grading to an improvement based standard and she thought I might be interested in talking to them.
  • In hindsight, I didn’t really understand and probably still don’t really understand.
  • In true fashion started joking about the lady who smashed her head into the window and rambling about AI botshit.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine:_Peace_Not_Apartheid
• https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/29/politics/kerry-apartheid-controversy/index.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis