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Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

Drew Gilpin Faust

Released: Jun 6, 2020

An esteemed historian (This Republic of Suffering) and president emeritus of Harvard, she suggests that the widespread misuse of “disinterested” to mean “uninterested” rather than "objective" reflects a broad undervaluing of objectivity, open-mindedness, and intellectual honesty. Seldom has so bleak an insight given me such delight.

Drew Gilpin Faust
00:27:31
Jun 6, 2020