<p>“docfreedaddy, I may have “missed the point” because you didn’t really seem to have a point,” nmf1102</p>
<p>“doc–as I said, I have no interest whatsoever in engaging with you further, and have not called you names, etc. I have simply reported here the responses you received in the USC forum, because even over there people have told you your statements were ridiculous”.
zenkoan</p>
<p>The comments I made referred to potential concerns with the relationship between Stanford and Silicon Valley evident from time spent on campus observing students and listening to faculty. I think it is surprising that you choose to “kill then messenger” because you don’t like the message. I noted today others have the same concerns and similar message including the venerable New Yorker magazine:</p>
<p>“Get Rich U”,
[Is</a> Stanford Too Close to Silicon Valley? : The New Yorker](<a href=“http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/30/120430fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all]Is”>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/30/120430fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all)</p>
<p>Also, the Washington Monthly:
“Stanford, Inc”
[Stanford</a>, Inc. by Daniel Luzer | Washington Monthly](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/stanford_inc.php]Stanford”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/stanford_inc.php)</p>
<p>If you missed those, pick up a copy of today’s Stanford Daily:
Is Silicon Valley Swallowing Stanford?
[Is</a> Silicon Valley Swallowing Stanford University? Inc. Wire.](<a href=“http://wire.inc.com/2012/04/25/is-silicon-valley-swallowing-stanford-university/]Is”>http://wire.inc.com/2012/04/25/is-silicon-valley-swallowing-stanford-university/)</p>
<p>While I do not want to generalize from a few posters to all students, the combination of the markedly defensive and aggressive posts and the above articles, especially the Stanford Daily editorial, reinforces my various concerns I raised, as well as in the articles about the degree of true breadth and direction of an “entrepreneurial education”. I presented my concerns in a supportive and educative fashion, yet oddly they were perceived as isolated and “delusional”. The article cited clearly suggest otherwise. I will repeat my thesis: Entrepreneurial STEM advances need to be balanced by a strong breadth of sensitivity to ethical and societal needs as evidenced by the conflicts Google and Apple, companies that share a close, multifaceted relationship with Stanford, have become embroiled in. Stanford is in an excellent position to and needs to provide leadership in the non-technical, as well as the technical aspect of education and innovation implementation.</p>