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...next step forward in self-improvement may be “unnatural.” But why worry? The fetishisation of the natural displayed by those who draw hard and fast distinctions between chemical enhancement and other forms of striving for excellence is dependent upon a senseless equation of the way things are with the way things must be. The argument loses its appeal when we realize that our bodies and minds were not created by an intelligent planner but by a biological process that sought to maximize the number of viable offspring, not the amount of human happiness...
...This is the man who, upon being named dean, needed multiple meetings with his predecessor David R. Pilbeam to review a sheet of paper with a list of items Pilbeam thought would require particular attention. But Smith didn’t want the crash course in deanship to stop there...
...Richardson did not, in fact, violate any of the Medical School’s existing conflict of interest policies. But the AMSA students had touched upon an important matter—there was no written disclosure policy for the classroom at the time...
...just want to make it absolutely clear that I was at Citigroup 10 years ago,” referencing the financial services company that had to be bailed out by the federal government last year. His speech included a mix of practical career advice and reflections upon what it means to be a responsible and ethical business leader. He encouraged the graduating students to be true to themselves, to cut across hierarchies in their business relationships, and, most of all, to exercise humility. “If you want to be a leader it can’t be about...
...Upon the 2003 reformulation of WGS, leaders of the Caucus—a 4,900-member group that works to advocate for Harvard’s LGBT community—decided that it could support the new program by endowing a visiting professorship, according to Parry...