Princeton president on the future of university

Today on the show, the President of Princeton University, Christopher Eisgruber, joins us.

He makes a defense of the role of post secondary institutions at a time when they are at the centre of a culture war and the target of an incredibly hostile White House that casts universities and professors as the enemy.

He discusses the limits of free speech, his views on civility, artificial intelligence and more.

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