And ... before the inevitable response, I have no idea of the exProfessor’s politics but the odds are that, being MIT & Massachusetts, LEFT is likely! Still, remember that old axiom about how becoming conservative is a logical reaction to being mugged.
MIT is leftist. Vaccines and booster for covid are mandatory, they are still requiring masks indoors on all campus buildings, their employees 401K plan recently added a Blackrock fund, they use Crowdstrike to monitor IP traffic. The profs push ESG for corps. They’re FAR left.