Re: a tightened version.. awaiting comments from Adam and Nancy
Lawrence M. Krauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University
Dumb dumb dumb
it is the a=ademny awards. sunday night. the heightof the me too moevemnt.=and you MUST see what happens after.
no. you risk being part of a vicious =onversation. . relax. AGAIN!!! , you w=ll get more info the week after. you may need to incorporate.
The goal is to have statement out by Sunday. So if you need anything to help edit that I will send you tonight let me know.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State U
Research Office
Why
and individuals.=C2
(1) because it is b=ing urgently requested from many supportive organizations
(2) because it is the consensus of a wide variety of people, who=may all be wrong while you are right, that saying nothing when accused of =t this level.. not a single complaint by a single individual, but a compre=ensive story in a tabloid magazine, appears tantamount to admitting guilt.=C240 (3) because what is in the letter is true.
at this point, it appears that the firestorm is subsiding somewh=t, and maybe even a lot. It also appears that the haters may have ex=austed themselves with yelling and other people are actually getting turne= off and beginning to counter them, angrily and otherwise.. as often=happens the debate ends up coming down in the middle somewhere after the e=tremists have vocalized their views.. so there is some argument for lettin= the twitter sphere just exhaust itself and move on to the next thing. Indred if I am interested in simply covering my ass and leaving alive with my =ail between my legs, this may be the best approach.
But it is equally true that many many many of the people vocalizin= support have all said that while most of the story is hearsay allegations= and none in any case involve sexual harassment, they are also saying that=Lawrence Krauss has not had a chance, yet, to defend himself. And e=actly what I do in the future will depend on this.. I expect you will say =hat this is true, but you will argue that my future will be better off if = do nothing.. but I cannot see not responding and I believe, based on what=we are seeing, that waiting much longer is strategically wrong.
Finally..
(5).. and wait for =t.. because this is going to make you really want to yell at me, if we wan= to further silence Buzzfeed following up this, and maybe others as well, =e may need to initiate a lawsuit (and against Gizmodo in australia, where =asically anyone can sue and win).
So.. I a= not acting rashly.. I am initiating this discussion with you. Think=ng rationally and calmly about exactly how to navigate this tightrope..40=A0 So.. we can have a conversation later. In the meantime Nancy and = are at least going to go over the letter to try and tune it and wait for =dam's revision so we are prepared to act if we decide to.
you are right.. this means we should get the statement out BEFORE= not after.. 2 reasons.
we beat all the=talk, and
all the talk about the academy awards will distract=from some of possible response to a
statement.
what info will i get the week after?
you will see how far the me too , times up is going. =C24). . you dont want to be the issue that some reporter picks=up because she wants a story to fit in with the post academy