Civil Discourse and Beyond—a two-year project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The Civil Discourse Project features in US News & World Report
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Our next event is on April 6, with @Ayjchan, author (with
@mattwridley) of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19, and recently at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
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Coming up on April 6 from our friends at @MITCDP. Should be a good discussion!
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Thanks to @JamesCantorPhD and Amy Tishelman for a very civil and interesting discussion. Also thanks to the @MIT students, especially those who initially thought this event should not take place, but who came anyway.
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On February 10 at 3:00 pm ET, we're partnering with @HAFFS_Harvard to present a virtual discussion with @TheFIREorg scholar @sarahemclaugh, author of Authoritarians in the Academy.
More, including how to RSVP, at this link:
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Hope to see you there!
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Jan 24
Eloquent essay by @SiddhuPachipala , an MIT Civil Discourse @MITCDP fellow. "A protest that persuades presupposes ... that those people marching over there are not unlike me, that they may be owed a hearing." bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/o… via @BostonGlobe
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MIT Civil Discourse Project retweeted
15 Oct 2025
Community note: the topics @MITCDP has covered are in fact diverse.
15 Oct 2025
The lack of viewpoint diversity on panels of viewpoint diversity should be of concern to everyone interested in viewpoint diversity. More views on science and space travel please! @dsallentess suggested that debating interesting science was the ideal but we're not there yet on campuses. Why not, I ask sincerely. Perhaps instead of staging debates on the same polarizing topics, on gender, gender fluidity, race, etc., debates should be staged about whether the US should build more dams, or raise taxes on electricity for heavy AI users, or whether we should invest in data centers in space would be more interesting. Do it now! And ignore the tired outrage put forward by @BrandonWarmke.
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13 Oct 2025
Tomorrow I’ll be at MIT for a conversation about reforming universities. If you’re in the Boston area, please come join us and disagree with me.
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2 Oct 2025
This will be a great event.
That said, there is a lot going on in this poster and none of it makes sense.
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2 Oct 2025
Do universities need radical reform? October 14, with @dsallentess and @BrandonWarmke.
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24 Sep 2025
Tomorrow night @MIT -- Join us for a debate on monogamy!
16 Sep 2025
Our first event this term is on September 25, with @sentientist and @BradWilcoxIFS. Singles, couples, and polycules welcome.
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16 Sep 2025
Our first event this term is on September 25, with @sentientist and @BradWilcoxIFS. Singles, couples, and polycules welcome.
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MIT Civil Discourse Project retweeted
2 May 2025
Former ACLU pres. Nadine Strossen on Trust Your Mind:
"[S]hould inspire renewed appreciation of and engagement in the critical thinking and open discourse that are so essential for the flourishing of individuals and society alike."
Can't wait to host the author next week! 👇
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MIT Civil Discourse Project retweeted
30 Apr 2025
Tonight's the night! You can watch this evening's debate on closing the gender gap in STEM online or in person.
To watch on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=ePN-BiHM…
Register to attend in person:
members.mitfreespeech.org/me…
We hope to see you there or online!
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MIT Civil Discourse Project retweeted
25 Apr 2025
We've had plenty of opportunities to work alongside @MITCDP's leadership, in fact! Below, you can watch this session with Linda Rabieh and co-directors @byrne_a and @bradford_skow from our 2023 conference.
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