MIT Free Speech Alliance

Something new we've been cooking up in 2026: We've started our own Substack page, and we've posting new content to it weekly since January. Check us out, and like, share, and subscribe get out content delivered to your inbox. It's a big help! More info & link in next post.

Something new we've been cooking up in 2026: We've started our own Substack page, and we've posting new content to it weekly since January. Check us out, and like, share, and subscribe get out content delivered to your inbox. It's a big help! More info & link in next post.

For more, find us at mitfreespeechalliance.substack.com. We post new commentary on free speech and related issues, with a focus on MIT, every week.

In case you couldn't be part of the capacity crowd on hand for @JonHaidt's recent lecture at @MIT, the Compton Lecture recording is now online. Watch and share! youtube.com/watch?v=-6UnYF…

Excited for the publication of this important new title from @InfoHeresy next week, and if you want a sneak preview you can tune into @HdxAcademy's webinar this afternoon! 👉: heterodoxacademy.org/events/how-can…

A packed house and an engaged audience for @JonHaidt's lecture at @MIT today, with a warm introduction by President Sally Kornbluth. A great choice to deliver this year's Compton Lecture. Bravo!

Like @MIT President Sally Kornbluth, we're excited to see @JonHaidt deliver MIT's Compton lecture tomorrow. Her note announcing the lecture below and linked in next post.

Essential details: orgchart.mit.edu/letters/anxiou…

ICYMI, @GlennLoury (MIT PhD '76) recently delivered the Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford, discussing his unique analysis of the phenomenon of self-censorship. Full text of his remarks in the next link.

Lastly, you can always go to our YouTube channel to watch Glenn's keynote at our 2023 conference: youtube.com/watch?v=YPPYij…

For a longer treatment, you can read Glenn's book on the topic, published by @politybooks in 2025: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

Social scientist and author @JonHaidt is an excellent selection for @MIT's prestigious Compton Lecture, which he'll deliver on March 4. We look forward to seeing him, and hope some of our alumni members around Boston will be there as well! Link w/ more info in next post.

Info on the Compton Lecture series, w/ details on this year's lecture, as well as on the history of and past speakers in the series, here: compton.mit.edu