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This took a lot of courage. Glad to see this is being shared. It's the best honest advice I have seen to date.

> This took a lot of courage.

It was important to say, but I very much doubt there was any courage involved.

Courage is not the appropriate word

I think it fits. Look at the anonymous posts in here, the sheer volume of posts saying this person is failing their students, is a relic, a Luddite, etc.

He put his name and career on it. That takes courage in my opinion.

There were never going to be repercussions for this, so not very courageous.

Professors get fired too, and pressure can come down from chairs to change or be gone. Having been in academia, it can be more cut throat than FAANG

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