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Let me be clear. I am not trying to pay back the education I got. That’s called a student loan.
No, when I give, I am funding the education of the future. That’s not repaying something. That’s investing in something.
So as an investor, I challenge you, President Bharucha, the Board, I challenge you to find the real and sustainable resources — transparency, communication, trust, and integrity — resources that can be renewed endlessly. I’ll break my back to build on those and I know that’s true of everyone here.
Do not allow our investment to fail.”
No, when I give, I am funding the education of the future. That’s not repaying something. That’s investing in something.
So as an investor, I challenge you, President Bharucha, the Board, I challenge you to find the real and sustainable resources — transparency, communication, trust, and integrity — resources that can be renewed endlessly. I’ll break my back to build on those and I know that’s true of everyone here.
Do not allow our investment to fail.”
— I don’t usually blog my own stuff, but this isn’t about me, so.
This is from my talk last night at the Cooper Union Community Summit, which was put together by alums to address the future of the institution. Cooper Union will either preserve it’s physical infrastructure, or it’s meaning, but perhaps not both.
It’s about trust and transparency. If you care about the existential crisis that faces Cooper Union, feel free to read and redistribute the full text (google doc) as you see fit.
This is from my talk last night at the Cooper Union Community Summit, which was put together by alums to address the future of the institution. Cooper Union will either preserve it’s physical infrastructure, or it’s meaning, but perhaps not both.
It’s about trust and transparency. If you care about the existential crisis that faces Cooper Union, feel free to read and redistribute the full text (google doc) as you see fit.
