What I'm really worried about is that people attain positions not due to merit.

That's what I'm worried about.

I'm worried about the crisis of legitimacy in our institutions, which is wholesale right now, on all sides of political aisle.

I'm worried about the fact that we do not have a gold standard and imprimatur of knowledge because

our peer-reviewed process has been corrupted. But I'm really, really worried about the

fact that people will get jobs not based upon merit, but based upon exogenous characteristics.

And if you do that long enough, not only will

there be a lack of trust in institutions, but the lack of trust in institutions will be

because the institutions are not worth trusting.

The following is the audio version of a video released at peak prosperity.com. Visit peakprosperity.com

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and exclusive subscriber-only content. Hello everyone. This is Dr. Chris Martinson. And today's

episode is going to be about moral courage and personal integrity.

And it's about the most fundamental of all freedoms and the bedrock of higher education,

the right and the obligation to ask questions.

Dr. Peter Bogogian recently resigned from his position as an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University.

Peter has a teaching pedigree spanning more than 25 years, 30,000 students, in prisons,

hospitals, public, private schools, seminaries, colleges, universities, Fortune 100 companies,

small businesses. He gave his all to teaching the next generations, and now he's given up that role. And we're going to find out why in what it means. Peter, welcome to the program. Thanks for having me on, Chris. I appreciate it. Well, it's really, it's a pleasure to have you here. Uh, you resigned recently. Can you just go through the first, say, three paragraphs of your resignation letter for us?

Oh, sure. You want me to read that? Yeah. It was so beautifully written. I want to start there.

Oh, thanks. I appreciate that. Dear Provost, Susan Jeffords, I'm writing to you today to resign as

assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University.

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