Billionaire George Soros said he will commit $1 billion
to start a global university to fight authoritarian governments and
climate change, calling them twin challenges that threaten the survival
of our civilization.
The
Open Society University Network will offer an international platform
for teaching and research, the 89-year-old said Thursday at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The university will be launched
through a partnership of the Soros-backed Central European University
and Bard College.
“As a long-term strategy our best hope
lies in access to quality education, specifically an education that
reinforces the autonomy of the individual by cultivating critical
thinking and emphasizing academic freedom,” Soros said.
In his speech and a follow-up question and answer session,
Soros covered a wide-range of issues, including the “overheated” U.S.
economy, the dominance of Facebook Inc. and the autocratic rule of Xi
Jinping, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump, who he called a
“con man and the ultimate narcissist.” LOL
2 comments:
Where do we send our donations?
He should be pope!
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